The sensory ecology of ocean navigation

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1719-1728

  Lohmann, Kenneth J ^a   Lohmann, Catherine M F ^a   Endres, Courtney S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical; Fish; Hydrodynamic; Magnetic; Migration; Navigation; Olfactory; Orientation; Salmon; Sea turtle; Whale

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; MAGNETISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; REVIEW; SALMON; SEA; STIMULATION; TURTLE; WATER FLOW;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CUES; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MAGNETICS; OCEANS AND SEAS; SALMON; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TURTLES; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 46949091268     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.015792     Document Type: Review

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