Olfactory sensitivity to conspecific bile fluid and skin mucus in the European eel Anguilla anguilla (L.)

The present study assessed the olfactory potency of conspecific bile fluid and skin mucus in the European eel Anguilla anguilla by the electro-olfactogram. Immature males showed high olfactory sensitivity to conspecific bile, giving large amplitude responses in a concentrationdependent manner with e...

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Main Author: Huertas, Mar (author)
Other Authors: Hubbard, Peter (author), Canario, Adelino V. M. (author), Cerda, J. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Bile
Chemical communication
Mucus
Olfaction
Reproduction
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/3916
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:sapientia.ualg.pt:10400.1/3916

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/3916

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