Fish ears are sensitive to sex change

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-76

  Walker, Stefan P W ^a   McCormick, Mark I ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hermaphroditism; Life history transition; Otolith; Reef fish; Sex change

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; HATCHING; HERMAPHRODITISM; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; OTOLITH; PERCIFORM; REEF; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEX REVERSAL; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ARTICLE; EAR; FEMALE; FISH; HEARING; HERMAPHRODITISM; INNER EAR; MALE; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; VESTIBULE; ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

PARAPERCIS CYLINDRICA; PISCES;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; PERCIFORMES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 63249099341     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0555     Document Type: Article

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