Differential behavioral responses by reproductive and non-reproductive male round gobies (Neogobius melanostomus) to the putative pheromone estrone

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-83

  Belanger, Rachelle M ^a,b   Corkum, Lynda D ^a   Zielinski, Barbara S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrone; Fish; Gill ventilation; Nasal occlusion; Reproductive status; Round goby

Indexed keywords

ESTRONE; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANOSMIA; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FISH; GILL; MALE; NEOGOBIUS MELANOSTOMUS; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURITY; SMELLING;

APOLLONIA MELANOSTOMUS; NEOGOBIUS;

EID: 33947507548     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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