Ambient pH and the response to chemical alarm cues in juvenile Atlantic salmon: Mechanisms of reduced behavioral responses

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 117-128

  Leduc, Antoine O H C ^a   Roh, Ellie ^b   Macnaughton, Camille J ^b   Benz, Frederic ^c   Rosenfeld, Jordan ^a   Brown, Grant E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^c Cégep du Vieux Montréal   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ADAPTATION; ALARM SIGNAL; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL CUE; CONSPECIFIC; DETECTION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; JUVENILE; OLFACTORY CUE; PH; SALMONID; WILD POPULATION;

PISCES; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 79955084826     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T09-024.1     Document Type: Article

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