THERMAL RELATED VARIATIONS OF SEASONAL AND DAILY SPAWNING PERIODICITYIN BARBUS-BARBUS

Authors
BARAS E
Citation
E. Baras, THERMAL RELATED VARIATIONS OF SEASONAL AND DAILY SPAWNING PERIODICITYIN BARBUS-BARBUS, Journal of Fish Biology, 46(5), 1995, pp. 915-917
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Journal of Fish Biology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00221112
Volume
46
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
915 - 917
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-1112(1995)46:5<915:TRVOSA>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
In 1993, nocturnal spawning activities were observed in the diurnal sp awning cyprinid Barbus barbus. This behaviour is interpreted as a resp onse to exceptionally high daily thermal amplitudes, regarded as the s ign of an unpredictable environment.