Detection of conspecific and heterospecific alarm signals by juvenile pumpkinseed under weak acidic conditions

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1331-1336

  Leduc, A O H C ^a   Noseworthy, M K ^a   Adrian Jr , J C ^b   Brown, G E ^a  

^a Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

^b UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid rain; Antipredator behaviour; Centrarchids; Chemical alarm cue; Hypoxanthine 3 N oxide; Pumpkinseed

Indexed keywords

ACID RAIN; ALARM SIGNAL; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; FISH; JUVENILE;

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; LEPOMIS; LEPOMIS CYANELLUS; LEPOMIS GIBBOSUS; PISCES;

EID: 0347334418     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8649.2003.00230.x     Document Type: Article

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