Do microsporidian parasites affect courtship in two-spotted gobies?

Marine Biology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 189-196

  Pélabon, Christophe ^a   Borg, Åsa A ^a   Bjelvenmark, Jens ^b   Barber, Iain ^c   Forsgren, Elisabet ^a   Amundsen, Trond ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; COURTSHIP; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PERCIFORM; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

GOBIIDAE; GOBIUSCULUS FLAVESCENS; MICROSPORIDIA;

EID: 27744460818     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-005-0056-8     Document Type: Article

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