Effects of ocean acidification on learning in coral reef fishes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Ferrari, Maud C O ^a,e   Manassa, Rachel P ^b   Dixson, Danielle L ^b   Munday, Philip L ^b   McCormick, Mark I ^b   Meekan, Mark G ^c   Sih, Andrew ^a   Chivers, Douglas P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; SEA WATER;

ACIDIFICATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHEMICAL INFORMATION; COGNITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; FISH; INFORMATION; INJURY; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; NONHUMAN; ODOR; POMACENTRUS AMBOINENSIS; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PSEUDOCHROMIS FUSCUS; RECOGNITION; RISK; SEA POLLUTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRESS; VISUAL INFORMATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SEA;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE; POMACENTRUS AMBOINENSIS; PSEUDOCHROMIS FUSCUS;

ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CORAL REEFS; FISHES; OCEANS AND SEAS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEAWATER;

EID: 84856667418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031478     Document Type: Article

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