Spawning behaviour and sex hormone levels in adult and precocious brown trout (Salmo trutta L.) males and the effect of anosmia

Chemoecology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-17

  Olsén, K Håkan ^a,e   Järvi, J Torbjörn ^b,c   Mayer, Ian ^c   Petersson, Erik ^b   Kroon, Frederieke ^d  

^a Dept of Environmental Toxicology ^*  (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Brown trout; Hormones; Male parr; Olfaction; Salmo trutta; Salmonides; Spawning; Teleostei

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002369623     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00001803     Document Type: Article

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