Seasonal variation of sound production in the Lusitanian toadfish Halobatrachus didactylus

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1892-1899

  Amorim, M C P ^a   Vasconcelos, R O ^a   Marques, J F ^b   Almada, F ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Mate attraction; Nesting males; Temperature; Territorial establishment; Vocal activity

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BREEDING SEASON; MATE ATTRACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TELEOST; VOCALIZATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; LUSITANIAN BASIN; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BATRACHOIDIDAE GEN. SP.; HAEMULIDAE; HALOBATRACHUS DIDACTYLUS;

EID: 33845641019     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2006.01247.x     Document Type: Article

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