Mature Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) male parr are attracted to ovulated female urine but not to ovarian fluid

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 29-40

  Olsén, K Håkan ^a   Johansson, Anna Karin ^a   Bjerselius, Rickard ^a   Mayer, Ian ^b   Kindhal, Hans ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Attraction; Behavior; Brown trout; Pheromones; Precocious males; Salmo salar; Salmonids; Sex odorants; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

15 KETOPROSTAGLANDIN F2ALPHA; 15-KETOPROSTAGLANDIN F2ALPHA; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA DERIVATIVE; TESTOSTERONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; HORMONE; MALE BEHAVIOR; PHEROMONE; SALMONID; URINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CHEMOTAXIS; FEMALE; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SALMON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; URINE; URINE LEVEL; SECRETION;

ANIMALIA; SALMO; SALMO SALAR; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

ANIMALS; BODY FLUIDS; DINOPROST; FEMALE; MALE; OVARY; OVULATION; SALMON; URINE;

EID: 0036008196     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013506701218     Document Type: Article

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