Diel patterns in reproductive events of the blenniid fish Petroscirtes breviceps in the temperate waters of southern Japan

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 412-415

  Shibata, Jun Ya ^a,b   Kohda, Masanori ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blenniidae; Daytime feeding activity; Hatching periodicity; Simultaneous mating; Spawning periodicity

Indexed keywords

BLENNIIDAE; PETROSCIRTES BREVICEPS; PISCES;

EID: 36749079208     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10228-007-0417-z     Document Type: Article

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