Magnetic field perception in the rainbow trout Oncorynchus mykiss: Magnetite mediated, light dependent or both?

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

Volumn 198, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 593-605

  Hellinger, Jens ^a   Hoffmann, Klaus Peter ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anadromy; Magnetic field; Navigation; Rainbow trout; Trigeminus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864927341     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-012-0732-3     Document Type: Article

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