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Magnetic Compass Orientation in the European Eel

European eel migrate from freshwater or coastal habitats throughout Europe to their spawning grounds in the Sargasso Sea. However, their route (∼ 6000 km) and orientation mechanisms are unknown. Several attempts have been made to prove the existence of magnetoreception in Anguilla sp., but none of t...

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Autores principales: Durif, Caroline M. F., Browman, Howard I., Phillips, John B., Skiftesvik, Anne Berit, Vøllestad, L. Asbjørn, Stockhausen, Hans H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3598651/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23554997
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0059212