Nesting, courtship and kidney hypertrophy in Schistocephalus-infected male three-spined stickleback from an upland lake

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 870-882

  Rushbrook, B J ^a   Barber, I ^a,b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infection; Kidney; Nest building; Parasites; Schistocephalus; Stickleback

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FISH; FISH BIOLOGY; FLATWORM; LAKE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PARASITE INFESTATION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

CEREDIGION; EURASIA; EUROPE; LLYN FRONGOCH; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; SCHISTOCEPHALUS; SCHISTOCEPHALUS SOLIDUS;

EID: 33747422553     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2006.01164.x     Document Type: Article

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