Shifting reproductive success in a shoal of Atlantic Cod, Gadus morhua L

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 311-318

  Skjæraasen, Jon Egil ^a   Hutchings, Jeffrey A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Dominance; Fertilization success; Mating system; Spawning behaviour

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; DOMINANCE; EGG; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GADOID; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPAWNING; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 77954243163     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-010-9650-9     Document Type: Article

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