Sex identification and PIT-tagging: Tools and prospects for studying intersexual differences in freshwater fishes

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 503-512

  Hulthen K ^a   Chapman, B B ^a   Nilsson, P A ^a   Hansson, L A ^a   Skov, C ^b   Baktoft, H ^b   Brodersen, J ^c   Bronmark C ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Females; Males; Sex; Sex determination; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION; ARTICLE; CYPRINIFORMES; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEX; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TELEMETRY;

FEMALES; MALES; SEX; SEX DETERMINATION; TELEMETRY;

ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CYPRINIDAE; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TELEMETRY;

EID: 84893344954     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12300     Document Type: Article

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