Exposure to acute low pH impairs chemoreception and feeding performance in larval fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas)

Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-17

  Ore, Sharon G ^a   Mcelroy, Douglas M ^a   Hoyt, Robert D ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemoreception; Feeding; Iocomotor activity; Larvae; Ontogeny; pH exposure

Indexed keywords

CYPRINIFORMES; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

CHEMORECEPTION; FATHEAD MINNOW; FEEDING PERFORMANCE; LARVAL FEEDING; PH;

EID: 0031411076     PISSN: 10236244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236249709379012     Document Type: Article

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