TY - JOUR
T1 - A comparison of nest building by three-spined sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus from still and flowing waters
AU - Rushbrook, B. J.
AU - Barber, I.
N1 - Rushbrook, B. J., Barber, I. (2008). A comparison of nest building by three-spined sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus from still and flowing waters. Journal of Fish Biology, 73, (3), 746-752.
IMPF: 01.25
Sponsorship: Natural Environment Research Council studentship(NER/S/A/2003/11389).
PY - 2008/8/1
Y1 - 2008/8/1
N2 - The composition of nests, built under standardized, static laboratory conditions by male three-spined sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus from two rivers and two lakes in mid-Wales (U.K.) was quantified. After transfer to nesting tanks, fish from the rivers began building nests more quickly than fish from the lakes. The number of threads used in nest construction and the mass of substrate deposited co-varied, but there were no consistent population- or habitat-related differences in the aspects of nest composition.
AB - The composition of nests, built under standardized, static laboratory conditions by male three-spined sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus from two rivers and two lakes in mid-Wales (U.K.) was quantified. After transfer to nesting tanks, fish from the rivers began building nests more quickly than fish from the lakes. The number of threads used in nest construction and the mass of substrate deposited co-varied, but there were no consistent population- or habitat-related differences in the aspects of nest composition.
KW - Behaviour
KW - Fish
KW - Gasterosteus aculeatus
KW - Intraspecific variation
KW - Nest construction
KW - Plasticity
KW - Population
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UR - http://hdl.handle.net/2160/3857
U2 - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.01970.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.01970.x
M3 - Article
SN - 0022-1112
VL - 73
SP - 746
EP - 752
JO - Journal of Fish Biology
JF - Journal of Fish Biology
IS - 3
ER -