Water pH during early development influences sex ratio and male morph in a West African cichlid fish, Pelvicachromis pulcher

Zoology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 139-143

  Reddon, Adam R ^a   Hurd, Peter L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Environmental sex determination; Pelvicachromis pulcher; PH treatment; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CICHLID; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PH; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; FEMALE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX RATIO; WATER;

AFRICAN CICHLIDS; CICHLIDAE; PELVICACHROMIS PULCHER; REPTILIA;

EID: 84878623327     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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