Behavioural responses of hatchery-reared and wild cod Gadus morhua to mechano-acoustic predator signals

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1437-1450

  Meager, J J ^a   Rodewald, P ^a,b   Domenici, P ^c   Ferno A ^a,d   Jarvi T ^e,f   Skjaeraasen J E ^a   Sverdrup, G K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^f STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Escape responses; Farmed; Learning; Predator defences; Restocking; Sensory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC COD; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FOOD INDUSTRY; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ESCAPE REACTION; FISHERIES; GADUS MORHUA; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; SWIMMING;

GADUS MORHUA; PISCES;

EID: 79955521802     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02951.x     Document Type: Article

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