Detection of conspecific alarm cues by juvenile salmonids under neutral and weakly acidic conditions: Laboratory and field tests

Oecologia

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 318-324

  Leduc, Antoine O H C ^a   Kelly, Jocelyn M ^a   Brown, Grant E ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid rain; Antipredator behaviour; Brook charr; Chemical alarm cues; Rainbow trout

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ACID RAIN; ALARM SIGNAL; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CHEMICAL CUE; PH; POLLUTION EFFECT; SALMONID; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

ACID RAIN; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ODOR; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; RAINBOW TROUT; TROUT;

ACID RAIN; ANIMALS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PHEROMONES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SMELL; TROUT;

CYPRINIFORMES; FONTINALIS; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PHOXINUS; PHOXINUS NEOGAEUS; PIMEPHALES; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PISCES; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 2342584795     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1492-8     Document Type: Article

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