Reproductive seasonality in a swamp-locked African cichlid

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-29

  Reardon, E E ^a   Chapman, L J ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cichlidae; East Africa; Fish reproduction; Hypoxia; Mouth brooding; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN CICHLIDS; CICHLIDAE; PSEUDOCRENILABRUS MULTICOLOR VICTORIAE;

EID: 38549127642     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2007.00251.x     Document Type: Article

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