Habitat use, social behavior, and female and male size distributions of juvenile midas cichlids, Amphilophus cf. citrinellus, in Lake Apoyo, Nicaragua

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 197-207

  Oldfield, Ronald G ^a   McCrary, Jeffrey ^b   McKaye, Kenneth R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b University of Maryland System ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cichlid; Environmental sex determination; Fish; Sex change; Sexual lability

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGGRESSION; BODY SIZE; CRATER LAKE; FEMALE; FISH; GROWTH; HABITAT USE; MALE; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SHALLOW WATER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CENTRAL AMERICA; LAKE APOYO; MANAGUA [NICARAGUA]; NICARAGUA;

AMPHILOPHUS CITRINELLUS; CICHLIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 54349085386     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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