Why is there no sperm competition in a pipefish with externally brooding males? Insights from sperm activation and morphology

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 958-962

  Ah King, M ^a   Elofsson, H ^a   Kvarnemo, C ^a   Rosenqvist, G ^b   Berglund, A ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fertilization mode; Paternity; Pipefish; Sperm competition; Syngnathidae

Indexed keywords

SPERM COMPETITION;

NEROPHIS OPHIDION; SYNGNATHIDAE;

EID: 33644642959     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2006.00971.x     Document Type: Article

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