Sperm production in an extremophile fish, the cave molly (Poecilia mexicana, Poeciliidae, Teleostei)

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 685-692

  Franssen, Courtney M ^a   Tobler, Michael ^a,b   Riesch, Rüdiger ^a   García De León, Francisco J ^c   Tiedemann, Ralph ^d   Schlupp, Ingo ^a   Plath, Martin ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cave fish; Energy limitation; Hydrogen sulfide; Spermatogenesis; Testes weight

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTION; EXTREMOPHILE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GAMETOGENESIS; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SPERM; TELEOST;

AMBLYOPSIDAE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA; POECILIA MEXICANA; POECILIIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 55949106739     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-007-9128-9     Document Type: Article

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