Do juvenile atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) use chemosensory cues to detect and avoid risky habitats in the wild?

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 655-662

  Kim, Jae Woo ^a,b   Grant, James W A ^a   Brown, Grant E ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHEMICAL CUE; EMERGENCE; HABITAT SELECTION; JUVENILE; NEST; PREDATOR; SALMONID; STREAM; WILD POPULATION;

CANADA; CATAMARAN BROOK; NEW BRUNSWICK;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 79953854450     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f2011-011     Document Type: Article

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