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Heads or Tails: Do Stranded Fish (Mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis) Know Where They Are on a Slope and How to Return to the Water?

Aquatic vertebrates that emerge onto land to spawn, feed, or evade aquatic predators must return to the water to avoid dehydration or asphyxiation. How do such aquatic organisms determine their location on land? Do particular behaviors facilitate a safe return to the aquatic realm? In this study, we...

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Autores principales: Boumis, Robert J., Ferry, Lara A., Pace, Cinnamon M., Gibb, Alice C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4146521/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25162613
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0104569