The smell of virgins: Mating status of females affects male swimming behaviour in Oithona davisae

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 929-935

  Heuschele, Jan ^a,b   Kiorboe, Thomas ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

copepods; encounter rates; mate finding; pheromones; zooplankton

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PHEROMONE; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; ZOOPLANKTON;

COPEPODA; OITHONA DAVISAE;

EID: 84866901164     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbs054     Document Type: Article

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