Impaired detection of chemical alarm cues by juvenile wild Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in a weakly acidic environment

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2356-2363

  Leduc, Antoine Olivier Henri Claude ^a   Roh, Ellie ^a   Harvey, Mark Charles ^a   Brown, Grant Edwin ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID WATER; AGE CLASS; ALARM SIGNAL; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHEMICAL CUE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; JUVENILE; PH; SALMONID; STREAM;

PISCES; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 33751418738     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F06-128     Document Type: Article

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