Disturbance cues in freshwater prey fishes: Do juvenile convict cichlids and rainbow trout respond to ammonium as an 'early warning' signal?

Chemoecology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 255-261

  Vavrek, Meaghan A ^a   Elvidge, Chris K ^a   DeCaire, Robert ^a   Belland, Brenna ^a   Jackson, Christopher D ^a   Brown, Grant E ^a  

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

Author keywords

Chemosensory risk assessment; Convict cichlids; Disturbance cues; Predator prey interactions; Rainbow trout

Indexed keywords

ARCHOCENTRUS NIGROFASCIATUS; CICHLIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PISCES; SALMONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 57349199401     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00049-008-0412-5     Document Type: Article

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