The relationship between female body size and egg size in pipefishes

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1847-1854

  Braga Goncalves, I ^a   Ahnesjo I ^b   Kvarnemo, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brood pouch; Mate quality; Mating systems; Offspring competition; Syngnathidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; MALE; OVUM; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ENTELURUS AEQUOREUS; NEROPHIS OPHIDION; SYNGNATHIDAE; SYNGNATHINAE; SYNGNATHUS ACUS; SYNGNATHUS ROSTELLATUS; SYNGNATHUS TYPHLE;

EID: 79958244061     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02984.x     Document Type: Article

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