Sex-specific differences in cardiovascular performance of a centrarchid fish are only evident during the reproductive period

Functional Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 398-403

  Cooke, S J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac output; Heart rate; Largemouth Bass; Parental care

Indexed keywords

FISH; METABOLISM; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

AVES; MAMMALIA; MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2942588623     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-8463.2004.00878.x     Document Type: Article

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