Reproductive chemical cues in two freshwater fishes : topmouth gudgeon Pseudorasbora parva (Temminck and Schlegel) and sunbleak Leucaspius delineatus (Heckel)

The use of reproductive chemical cues is widespread amongst fishes. However, the most understood sex pheromone systems derive from species that employ a scramble spawning reproductive strategy. This thesis investigated for the first time the use of reproductive chemical communication in topmouth gud...

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Main Author: Burnard, Dean
Published: Cardiff University 2010
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.584931