A releaser pheromone that attracts methyltestosterone-treated immature fish in the urine of ovulated female rainbow trout

Fisheries Science

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 214-220

  Yambe, Hidenobu ^a   Yamazaki, Fumio ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Androgen; Behavior; Coelomic fluid; Pheromone; Rainbow trout; Sex attractant; Urine

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035031760     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-2906.2001.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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