Influence of black spot disease on shoaling behaviour in female western mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis (Poeciliidae, Teleostei)

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-34

  Tobler, Michael ^a,b   Schlupp, Ingo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fish behaviour; Group living; Parasites; Predation; Uvulifer

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FLATWORM; GROUP BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITISM; PREDATION RISK; TELEOST;

DIPLOSTOMATIDAE; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; POECILIIDAE; TELEOSTEI; TREMATODA; UVULIFER;

EID: 35848954512     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-006-9153-x     Document Type: Article

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