The effect of salinity on the chemotaxis of glass eels, Anguilla anguilla, to organic earthy and green odorants

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 213-218

  Sola, Carla ^a   Tongiorgi, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catadromy; Chemoreception; European eel; Fish; Fish migration

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

CHEMOTAXIS; EUROPEAN EEL; GLASS EEL; MIGRATION; ORGANIC ODORANT; ORGANIC ODORANTS; SALINITY; SALINITY EFFECTS;

EID: 0029669775     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00005045     Document Type: Article

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