Effects of acute exposure to acidified water on the behavioral response of fathead minnows, Pimephales promelas, to alarm substance (schreckstoff)
- 1 April 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
- Vol. 7 (4) , 329-335
- https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5620070409
Abstract
Fathead minnows, Pimephales promelas, exposed to acidified water (pH = 5.0) for 72 h continued to respond normally to the alarm substance (Schreckstoff) contained in water extracts of conspecific skin. This result contrasts with an earlier finding that some behavioral responses to chemical feeding stimuli are lost at relatively high pH levels (pH = 6.0). In combination, the two sets of results indicate that different stimulus/response systems have different thresholds for interference by acidification.Keywords
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