Improving sneaky-sex in a low oxygen environment: Reproductive and physiological responses of male mosquito fish to chronic hypoxia

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 4878-4884

  Carter, Alecia J ^a   Wilson, Robbie S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Coercive mating; Hypoxia; Phenotypic plasticity; Physiological plasticity

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL HYPOXIA; CHEMISTRY; COPULATION; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; REPRODUCTION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; CELL HYPOXIA; COPULATION; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; MALE; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; REPRODUCTION;

GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI;

EID: 33846544872     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02531     Document Type: Article

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