Density effects on fish egg survival and infections depend on salinity

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 540, Issue , 2015, Pages 183-191

  Lehtonen, Topi K ^a,b   Kvarnemo, Charlotta ^c  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Baltic Sea; Density; Egg survival; Environmental change; Filial cannibalism; Infection; Salinity; Water mould

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; EGG PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; INFECTIVITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PARENTAL CARE; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DENSITY; PROTOZOAN; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SALINITY; SURVIVAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

OOMYCETES; POMATOSCHISTUS MINUTUS;

EID: 84958600623     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps11517     Document Type: Article

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