Growth-independent effects of a fluctuating thermal regime on the life-history traits of the Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes)

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 425-431

  Dhillon, R S ^a,b   Fox, M G ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental fluctuation; Maturity; Medaka; Reproductive output; Temperature effects

Indexed keywords

ORYZIAS; ORYZIAS LATIPES; ORYZIINAE;

EID: 34547680455     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2007.00240.x     Document Type: Article

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