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Female ornamentatio...
Female ornamentation and egg carotenoids of six sympatric gobies
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- Svensson, P. Andreas (författare)
- School of Biological Sciences, Monash University 3800, Clayton,VIC, Australia
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Blount, J. D. (författare)
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Forsgren, E. (författare)
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visa fler...
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Amundsen, T. (författare)
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- 2009
- 2009
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Journal of Fish Biology. - 0022-1112 .- 1095-8649. ; 75, s. 2777–2787-
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Abstract
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- Belly colouration, gonad carotenoid concentration and skin transparency were quantified in gravid Gobiusculus flavescens, as well as in females of five sympatric gobies where belly ornamentation has not been described. Although G. flavescens females did, indeed, have far more colourful bellies than the other species, this could only in part be explained by a high concentration of total gonad carotenoids. Comparable, or occasionally higher, carotenoid levels were found in the gonads of other species. Instead, the unusual ornamentation of G. flavescens arises from a unique combination of carotenoid-rich gonads and a highly transparent abdominal skin.
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- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi -- Evolutionsbiologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Evolutionary Biology (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi -- Etologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Behavioural Sciences Biology (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi -- Zoologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Zoology (hsv//eng)
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- Aquatic Ecology
- Akvatisk ekologi
- Evolutionary Biology
- Evolutionsbiologi
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