Mudskippers brood their eggs in air but submerge them for hatching

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 3946-3954

  Ishimatsu, Atsushi ^a   Yoshida, Yu ^a   Itoki, Naoko ^a   Takeda, Tatsusuke ^b   Lee, Heather J ^c   Graham, Jeffrey B ^c  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Burrow; Development; Mudskipper; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AIR; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREATHING; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; WATER FLOW;

AIR; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OVUM; OXYGEN; RESPIRATION; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

PERIOPHTHALMUS; PERIOPHTHALMUS MODESTUS; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 37249024612     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.010686     Document Type: Article

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