Bi-directional sex change in the gobiid fish Trimma sp.: Does size-advantage exist?

Behaviour

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-113

  Manabe, Hisaya ^a   Matsuoka, Midori ^a   Goto, Kaori ^a   Dewa, Shin Ichi ^b   Shinomiya, Akihiko ^a   Sakurai, Makoto ^c   Sunobe, Tomoki ^d  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Diving Service Umi Annai   (Japan)

^c Kagoshima Immaculate Heart University   (Japan)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bi directional sex change; Gobiidae; Population density; Sex change size; Sex size distribution

Indexed keywords

CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; GOBIIDAE; PISCES; TRIMMA OKINAWAE;

EID: 36448963739     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853908782687214     Document Type: Article

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