Acquired predator recognition in juvenile rainbow trout [Oncorhynchus mykiss: Conditioning hatchery-reared fish to recognize chemical cues of a predator

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 611-617

  Brown, Grant E ^a,b   Smith, R Jan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIOUR; AQUIRED RESPONSE; CHEMICAL CUE; HATCHERY-REARED FISH; PREDATOR RECOGNITION;

ESOX LUCIUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

EID: 0031875214     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f97-261     Document Type: Article

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