Testes investment and spawning mode in pipefishes and seahorses (Syngnathidae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 369-376

  Kvarnemo, Charlotta ^a   Simmons, Leigh W ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

External fertilization; Fish; Gonadosomatic index; Gonosomatic index; GSI; Internal fertilization; Pisces; Relative testes size

Indexed keywords

FISH; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPAWNING; SPERM COMPETITION;

HIPPOCAMPINAE; PISCES; SYNGNATHIDAE; SYNGNATHINAE;

EID: 8744265092     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2004.00395.x     Document Type: Article

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