Substratum choice for nesting in male Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus


Autoria(s): Mendonca, F. Z.; Volpato, G. L.; Costa-Ferreira, R. S.; Goncalves-de-Freitas, E.
Contribuinte(s)

Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)

Data(s)

18/03/2015

18/03/2015

01/10/2010

Resumo

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Four substrata were offered to groups of adult Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus (one male and two females) simultaneously: pure sand, a mixture of sand and shells, stones and no substratum. The results showed that males chose to dig nests in a lighter and more homogeneous substratum.

Formato

1439-1445

Identificador

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02754.x

Journal Of Fish Biology. Malden: Wiley-blackwell, v. 77, n. 6, p. 1439-1445, 2010.

0022-1112

http://hdl.handle.net/11449/117119

10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02754.x

WOS:000282875100017

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Wiley-Blackwell

Relação

Journal Of Fish Biology

Direitos

closedAccess

Palavras-Chave #choice test #cichlid #nest #welfare
Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/article