Sex group composition, social interaction, and metabolism in the fish Nile tilapia

We tested whether the fish Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in a monosex male group spends more energy and displays an agonistic profile, differently from males in male-female groups. Such differences are expected because males and females should compete for different reproductive resources. An...

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Main Authors: TB. Carvalho, E. Gonçalves-de-Freitas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
Series:Brazilian Journal of Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842008000400015&lng=en&tlng=en