Olfactory sensitivity to conspecific bile fluid and skin mucus in the European eel Anguilla anguilla (L.)

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1907-1920

  Huertas, M ^a,b   Hubbard, P C ^c   Canario A V M ^c   Cerda J ^a,b,d  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b Centro Mediterráneo de Investigaciones Marinas y Ambientales   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^d Reference Center in Aquaculture   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bile; Chemical communication; Eel; Mucus; Olfaction; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

EID: 34347374116     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01467.x     Document Type: Article

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