Mate guarding in relation to seasonal changes in the energy reserves of two freshwater amphipods (Gammarus fossarum and G. pulex)

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 372-381

  Becker, Jochen ^a,b   Ortmann, Christian ^c   Wetzel, Markus A ^a,b   Winkelmann, Carola ^b   Koop, Jochen H E ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

^b University of Koblenz   (Germany)

^c TA INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Gammarus spp.; Glycogen; Reproductive period; Seasonality; Triglyceride

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS FOSSARUM; GAMMARUS PULEX;

EID: 84871941359     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12065     Document Type: Article

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