Shoaling preferences and the effects of sex ratio on spawning and aggression in small laboratory populations of zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Lab Animal

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 264-269

  Ruhl, Nathan ^a   McRobert, Scott P ^b   Currie, Warren J S ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; ZEBRA FISH;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 68349133237     PISSN: 00937355     EISSN: 15484475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/laban0809-264     Document Type: Article

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