Changes in male courtship intensity and androgen levels during brood cycling in the blenniid fish Rhabdoblennius nitidus

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 387-394

  Matsumoto, Yukio ^a   Yabuno, Atsuhiro ^a   Kiros, Solomon ^a   Soyano, Kiyoshi ^a   Takegaki, Takeshi ^b  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

11 Ketotestosterone; Blenniidae; Courtship phase; Parental phase; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

BLENNIIDAE; RHABDOBLENNIUS NITIDUS;

EID: 84865405654     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-012-0336-y     Document Type: Article

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