The influence of ambient ultraviolet light on sperm quality and sexual ornamentation in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

Oecologia

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 393-402

  Rick, Ingolf P ^a   Mehlis, Marion ^a   Eßer, Elisabeth ^a   Bakker, Theo C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breeding coloration; Oxidative stress; Sexual selection; Sperm velocity; Ultraviolet light

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; COPULATION; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; ORNAMENTATION; PHENOTYPE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM; SURVIVORSHIP; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SMEGMAMORPHA; SPERMATOZOON; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; MALE; PIGMENTATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMEGMAMORPHA; SPERMATOZOA; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84887858759     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2773-x     Document Type: Article

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