Olfactory sensitivity and specificity of Arctic char, Salvelinus alpinus, to a putative male pheromone, prostaglandin F(2α)

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 301-307

  Sveinsson, Torarinn ^a,b   Hara, Toshiaki J ^a,b  

^a FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic char; Electroolfactogram (EOG); Olfaction; Pheromones; Prostaglandins; Spawning

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA DERIVATIVE; SERINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURATION; SMELLING;

EID: 0034131089     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(99)00253-X     Document Type: Article

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