Measuring complex behavior patterns in fish - Effects of endocrine disruptors on the guppy reproductive behavior

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-62

  Baatrup, Erik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Automatic measurements; Computerized vision system; Guppy courtship behavior; Quantification of fish behavior

Indexed keywords

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 60849100516     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030802615097     Document Type: Article

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