Search for dissertations about: "sand goby"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words sand goby.

  2. 1. Paternal care, filial cannibalism and sexual conflict in the sand goby, Pomatoschistus minutus

    Author : Maria Lissåker; Charlotta Kvarnemo; Ulrika Candolin; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; female choice; filial cannibalism; Gobiidae; parental care; Pomatoschistus minutus; sand goby; sexual conflict; sexual selection; Biology; Biologi;

    Abstract : Natural and sexual selection and sexual conflict are forces shaping the evolution of reproductive behaviour, while constrained by factors like environment, physiology and life-history trade-offs. Parental care is costly both in terms of time and energy. READ MORE

  4. 2. Sexual selection in the sand goby, Pomatoschistus minutus

    Author : Elisabet Forsgren; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; Benfiskar; Teleostei; Etologi; Ekosystem; Vatten;

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  5. 3. The neglected ecology of the sand goby: Abundance and feeding in the Baltic sublittoral

    Author : Sigrid Z. Ehrenberg; Ragnar Elmgren; Sture Hansson; Gunilla Ejdung; Erik Bonsdorff; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; sand goby; sublittoral; sub-thermocline; abundance; feeding; consumption; activity; Marine ecology; Marin ekologi; marin ekologi; Marine Ecology;

    Abstract : I investigated the ecology and population density of the sand goby, Pomatoschistus minutus, at sub-thermocline depth in the north-western Baltic proper. Most previous research on the sand goby, and the co-occurring closely related common goby, P. READ MORE

  6. 4. Sexual selection and the influence of environmental factors on operational sex ratios in the sand goby

    Author : Charlotta Kvarnemo; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; Benfiskar; Teleostei; Reproduktion; Djurekologi; Djurpsykologi;

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  7. 5. Reproductive traits in euryhaline gobies: insights into physiology, adaptations and biological invasions

    Author : Leon Green; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Sperm; Reproduction; Life-history Strategies; Local Adaptation; Fish; Invasion Biology; Salinity;

    Abstract : Organisms are adapted to reproduce in their specific environment by a range of different traits. For many animals, reproduction is tied to specific conditions, that trigger or enable the reproductive events. This thesis deals with traits associated with reproduction, their functions and interactions with the environment. READ MORE