Effects of ambient acidity on chemosensory learning: An example of an environmental constraint on acquired predator recognition in wild juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 385-394

  Leduc, A O H C ^a   Roh, E ^a   Breau, C ^b   Brown, G E ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acidity; Atlantic salmon; Chemical alarm cues; Learning; Risk assessment; Stream ecology

Indexed keywords

CITRUS LIMON; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 34547743911     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2007.00233.x     Document Type: Article

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