Socializing makes thick-skinned individuals: On the density of epidermal alarm substance cells in cyprinid fish, the crucian carp (Carassius carassius)

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 196, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 639-647

  Stabell, Ole B ^a   Vegusdal, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chemical alarm signals; Club cells; Growth; Inducible defences; Predation

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CARP; CYTOLOGY; EPIDERMIS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARPS; EPIDERMIS; PHEROMONES;

EID: 77956061443     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-010-0550-4     Document Type: Article

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