Title: | Behavioural responses of female lake trout Salvelinus namaycush to male chemical stimuli and prostaglandin F(2alpha) |
Author(s): | Buchinger TJ; Li W; Johnson NS; |
Address: | "Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Hammond Bay Biological Station, Great Lakes Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Millersburg, Michigan, USA" |
ISSN/ISBN: | 1095-8649 (Electronic) 0022-1112 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "Male olfactory cues may guide aggregation on spawning reefs, mate evaluation and synchronized gamete release in lake trout Salvelinus namaycush, but a lack of information on the source and identity of the cues precludes direct tests of their function. Using a two-channel flume, we found ovulated female lake trout increased time spent in the channel treated with spermiated male-conditioned water, urine and bile but not synthesized prostaglandin F(2alpha) . We suggest future efforts to characterize male olfactory cues focus on urine and postulate that bile acids contribute to its behavioural activity" |
Keywords: | "Animals Behavior, Animal/*drug effects Bile Acids and Salts/pharmacology *Cues Female Male Odorants Prostaglandins/pharmacology Sex Attractants/pharmacology Trout/*physiology Urine/chemistry bile acids chemical ecology communication olfactory cues urine;" |
Notes: | "MedlineBuchinger, Tyler J Li, Weiming Johnson, Nicholas S eng Great Lakes Fishery Commission/ Great Lakes Fishery Trust/ England 2020/06/28 J Fish Biol. 2020 Oct; 97(4):1224-1227. doi: 10.1111/jfb.14446. Epub 2020 Sep 2" |