Biparental mucus feeding: A unique example of parental care in an Amazonian cichlid

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 3787-3795

  Buckley, Jonathan ^a   Maunder, Richard J ^a   Foey, Andrew ^a   Pearce, Janet ^a   Val, Adalberto L ^b   Sloman, Katherine A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cichlid; Discus fish; Immunoglobulin; Mucus

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; ION; MUCOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CICHLID; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; MUCUS; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CICHLIDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IONS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MUCOPROTEINS; MUCUS; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR;

AVES; CICHLIDAE; MAMMALIA; SYMPHYSODON; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78649293253     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.042929     Document Type: Article

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