Olfactory discrimination of female reproductive status by male tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus)

The current study investigated whether discrimination of sexual status of female tilapia by males is mediated by olfaction. Size-matched groups of female tilapia were assigned as pre- or post-ovulatory according to the time since their last ovulation (15–19·days pre-ovulatory, N=7; 1–3·days post-ovu...

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Main Author: Miranda, A. (author)
Other Authors: Almeida, O. G. (author), Hubbard, Peter (author), Barata, E. N. (author), Canario, Adelino V. M. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/3867
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:sapientia.ualg.pt:10400.1/3867