Implications of climate change for the reproductive capacity and survival of New World silversides (family Atherinopsidae)

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1818-1834

  Strussmann C A ^a   Conover, D O ^b   Somoza, G M ^c   Miranda, L A ^c  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Adaptive responses; Atherinopsidae; Fertility; Reproduction; Sex determination; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EGG LAYING; FERTILITY; GAMETOGENESIS; GENDER AND SEX; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SMEGMAMORPHA; TEMPERATURE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMERICAS; ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FERTILITY; GAMETOGENESIS; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTION; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; SMEGMAMORPHA; TEMPERATURE;

ATHERINOPSIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 78449301951     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02780.x     Document Type: Article

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