Sensitivity of northern redbelly dace, Phoxinus e eos, to chemical alarm cues

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 407-415

  Dupuch, Angélique ^a   Magnan, Pierre ^a   Dill, Lawrence M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREEZING; LAKES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBSTRATES;

FISH SHOALS; ZOOPLANKTONS;

ECOLOGY;

ALARM SIGNAL; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CHEMICAL CUE; CYPRINID; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SALMONID;

CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA;

CYPRINIDAE; EOS; FONTINALIS; PHOXINUS; PHOXINUS EOS; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 3042784904     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z04-003     Document Type: Article

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