Paternal care behaviour of sand gobies is determined by habitat related nest structure

Behaviour

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-50

  Järvi Laturi, Maria ^a   Lehtonen, Topi K ^a,b   Pampoulie, Christophe ^a,c   Lindström, Kai ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

^d ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Egg fanning; Habitat choice; Nest structure; Parental care; Sand goby

Indexed keywords

KRAEMERIIDAE; POMATOSCHISTUS MINUTUS;

EID: 36448985207     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853908782687197     Document Type: Article

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