Life history pattern of mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki (Girard, 1859) in the Tajan River (Southern Caspian Sea to Iran) |
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| Authors: | Rahman Patimar Mohsen Ghorbani Ali Gol-Mohammadi Hoda Azimi-Glugahi |
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| Institution: | PATIMAR Rahman,GHORBANI Mohsen,GOL-MOHAMMADI Ali,AZIMI-GLUGAHI Hoda Gonbad Institutes of Higher Education,Shahid Fallahy Street,Gonbad,Golestan Province,Iran |
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| Abstract: | Investigation of the ecology of introduced species in new habitats can allow determinations of the degree, direction, and rate of evolutionary change. The introduction of Gambusia holbrooki in the southern Caspian Sea presents such a situation. We evaluated the life history traits of mosquitofish in the Tajan River basin. A total of 744 G. holbrooki specimens were collected between January and December 2008. The maximum observed ages are 0+ years for males and 1+ years for females. Both sexes grew allometri... |
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| Keywords: | Gambusia holbrooki age structure reproduction southern Caspian Sea Iran |
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