Artículos de revistas
Substratum choice for nesting in male Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus
Fecha
2010Registro en:
JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY, v.77, n.6, p.1439-1445, 2010
0022-1112
10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02754.x
Autor
MENDONCA, F. Z.
VOLPATO, G. L.
COSTA-FERREIRA, R. S.
GONCALVES-DE-FREITAS, E.
Institución
Resumen
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.