Table Of ContentFish
Pheromones
and Related Cues
Fish
Pheromones
and Related
Cues
Edited by
Peter W. Sorensen
Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology
University of Minnesota
Saint Paul
MN 55108
U.S.A.
Brian D. Wisenden
Biosciences Department
Minnesota State University at Moorhead
Moorhead
Minnesota 55603
U.S.A.
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Fish pheromones and related cues / edited by Peter W. Sorensen, Brian D. Wisenden.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8138-2386-7 (cloth)
1. Fishes–Physiology. 2. Pheromones. 3. Sex recognition (Zoology) 4. Animal communication.
I. Sorensen, Peter W., editor. II. Wisenden, Brian D. (Brian Douglas), 1962– editor.
QL639.1.F5735 2014
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1 2015
This book is dedicated to Kjell B. Døving (1936–2014), a pioneer in the study
of fish olfaction and pheromones, who passed away a few months
after finishing his chapter.
Contents
Contributors ix
Preface xi
Chapter 1 Introduction to Pheromones and Related Chemical Cues in Fishes 1
Peter W. Sorensen
Chapter 2 Species-Specific Pheromones and Their Roles in Shoaling, Migration,
and Reproduction: A Critical Review and Synthesis 11
Peter W. Sorensen and Cindy Baker
Chapter 3 Hormonally Derived Pheromones in Teleost Fishes 33
Norm Stacey
Chapter 4 Conspecific Odors as Sexual Ornaments with Dual Functions in Fishes 89
Lynda D. Corkum and Karen M. Cogliati
Chapter 5 Intraspecific Social Recognition in Fishes via Chemical Cues 113
Ashley J.W. Ward
Chapter 6 Chemical Cues That Indicate Risk of Predation 131
Brian D. Wisenden
Chapter 7 The Cue–Signal Continuum: A Hypothesized Evolutionary Trajectory
for Chemical Communication in Fishes 149
Brian D. Wisenden
Chapter 8 Olfactory Discrimination of Pheromones 159
Stine Lastein, El Hassan Hamdani and Kjell B. Døving
Chapter 9 Measuring and Identifying Fish Pheromones 197
Michael Stewart and Peter W. Sorensen
Chapter 10 Effects of Pollutants on Olfactory Detection and Responses
to Chemical Cues Including Pheromones in Fish 217
K. Håkan Olsén
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viii Contents
Chapter 11 Pheromones in Marine Fish with Comments on Their Possible
Use in Aquaculture 237
Peter Hubbard
Chapter 12 Applications of Pheromones in Invasive Fish Control
and Fishery Conservation 255
Peter W. Sorensen
Afterword 269
Index 271
Color plates appear between pages 144 and 145.
