Effects of salinity on nest-building behaviour in a marine fish

BMC Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Lehtonen, Topi K ^a,b,c,d   Wong, Bob B M ^d   Kvarnemo, Charlotta ^c  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body size; Environmental change; Nest building; Parental care; Phenotypic plasticity; Salinity; Sand goby

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL CARE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SALINITY;

ANIMALIA; KRAEMERIIDAE; POMATOSCHISTUS MINUTUS;

ANIMAL; MALE; NESTING; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; SALINITY;

ANIMALS; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PERCIFORMES; SALINITY;

EID: 84962082396     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12898-016-0067-y     Document Type: Article

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