Threshold dimorphism in ejaculate characteristics in the squid Loligo bleekeri

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 345, Issue , 2007, Pages 141-146

  Iwata, Yoko ^a   Sakurai, Yasunori ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative reproductive behavior; Loligo bleekeri; Male dimorphism; Sperm competition; Squid

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; CEPHALOPOD; MATING BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERMATOPHORE;

CEPHALOPODA; LOLIGINIDAE; LOLIGO BLEEKERI; OCYTHOE;

EID: 35348926777     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps06971     Document Type: Article

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