Role of Geosmin, a Typical Inland Water Odour, in Guiding Glass Eel Anguilla anguilla (L.) Migration
Abstract Odours are one of the most important cues in anadromous migration in fish, but to date the substances responsible for freshwater attractiveness are not well‐known. This is the first report on the behavioural response of a long‐range migrating fish, the eel, induced by geosmin, an odorant pr...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1439-0310.1993.tb00468.x 2024-06-02T07:55:10+00:00 Role of Geosmin, a Typical Inland Water Odour, in Guiding Glass Eel Anguilla anguilla (L.) Migration Tosi, Laura Sola, Carla 1993 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1993.tb00468.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1439-0310.1993.tb00468.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1993.tb00468.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Ethology volume 95, issue 3, page 177-185 ISSN 0179-1613 1439-0310 journal-article 1993 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1993.tb00468.x 2024-05-03T11:20:15Z Abstract Odours are one of the most important cues in anadromous migration in fish, but to date the substances responsible for freshwater attractiveness are not well‐known. This is the first report on the behavioural response of a long‐range migrating fish, the eel, induced by geosmin, an odorant produced by actinomycetes, which is widely distributed in freshwater. The high sensitivity of glass eels towards very diluted solutions of geosmin, the avoidance elicited by the unnatural combination of marine salinity and earth smell, and evidence of a strong attraction as the level of salinity is reduced, indicate geosmin to be identified as an important inland water marker involved in the orientation of glass eels towards freshwater. Article in Journal/Newspaper Anguilla anguilla Wiley Online Library Ethology 95 3 177 185 |
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Abstract Odours are one of the most important cues in anadromous migration in fish, but to date the substances responsible for freshwater attractiveness are not well‐known. This is the first report on the behavioural response of a long‐range migrating fish, the eel, induced by geosmin, an odorant produced by actinomycetes, which is widely distributed in freshwater. The high sensitivity of glass eels towards very diluted solutions of geosmin, the avoidance elicited by the unnatural combination of marine salinity and earth smell, and evidence of a strong attraction as the level of salinity is reduced, indicate geosmin to be identified as an important inland water marker involved in the orientation of glass eels towards freshwater. |
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Role of Geosmin, a Typical Inland Water Odour, in Guiding Glass Eel Anguilla anguilla (L.) Migration |
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Role of Geosmin, a Typical Inland Water Odour, in Guiding Glass Eel Anguilla anguilla (L.) Migration |
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Role of Geosmin, a Typical Inland Water Odour, in Guiding Glass Eel Anguilla anguilla (L.) Migration |
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Role of Geosmin, a Typical Inland Water Odour, in Guiding Glass Eel Anguilla anguilla (L.) Migration |
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Role of Geosmin, a Typical Inland Water Odour, in Guiding Glass Eel Anguilla anguilla (L.) Migration |
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role of geosmin, a typical inland water odour, in guiding glass eel anguilla anguilla (l.) migration |
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