Reproductive success in a natural population of male three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus: Effects of nuptial colour, parasites and body size

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1720-1727

  Sparkes, T C ^a,b   Rush, V ^b,d   Kopp, D A ^a,e   Foster, S A ^c  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Tucker Davis Technologies   (United States)

^e NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisakidae; Carotenoid based colour; Gasterosteidae; Mating success; Nematodes

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; FISH DISEASE; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FISH DISEASES; MALE; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ANISAKIDAE; GASTEROSTEIDAE; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; NEMATODA;

EID: 84877598391     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12083     Document Type: Article

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