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Male reproductive competition in spawning aggregations of cod (Gadus morhua, L.).
Molecular ecology - 1 Jan 2002
Bekkevold D, Hansen M M, Loeschcke V
Abstract excerpt
Reproductive competition may lead to a large skew in reproductive success among individuals. Very few studies have analysed the paternity contribution of individual males in spawning aggregations of fish species with huge census population sizes. We quantified the variance in male reproductive success in spawning aggregations of cod under experimental conditions over an entire spawning season. Male reproductive...
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