Physiological mechanisms of imprinting and homing migration in Pacific salmon Oncorhynchus spp.

• Published in: Journal of Fish Biology
• Main Author: Ueda, H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2012
• Subjects: Bering Sea; Pacific; Sockeye; Keta; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; Pink salmon
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03354.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1095-8649.2012.03354.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03354.x

After several years of feeding at sea, salmonids have an amazing ability to migrate long distances from the open ocean to their natal stream to spawn. Three different research approaches from behavioural to molecular biological studies have been used to elucidate the physiological mechanisms underpi...