Colonial nesting and the importance of the brood size in male parasitic reproduction of the Mediterranean damselfish Chromis chromis (Pisces: Pomacentridae)

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-30

  Picciulin, Marta ^a   Verginella, Laura ^b   Spoto, Maurizio ^b   Ferrero, Enrico A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b Etho ecology Marine Laboratory   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fish; Marine protected area; Mating systems; Reproductive behaviour

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; MATING SUCCESS; PARASITISM; PERCIFORM; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SNEAK COPULATION;

CHROMIS; CHROMIS CHROMIS; PERCIFORMES; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE;

EID: 3442891886     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EBFI.0000022851.49302.df     Document Type: Article

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