Review. Sex with the lights on? A review of bioluminescent sexual dimorphism in the sea

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 829-842

  Herring, Peter J ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLUMINESCENCE; FISH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SIGNALING; SIZE EFFECT;

ANIMALIA; LEIOGNATHIDAE; LOPHIIFORMES; MYCTOPHIDAE;

EID: 34547517529     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407056433     Document Type: Review

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