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Magnetic map in nonanadromous Atlantic salmon

Creator:

Scanlan, Michelle M., Putman, Nathan F., Pollock, Amanda M., and Noakes, David L.

Abstract:

Long-distance migrants, including Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp), can use geomagnetic information to navigate. We tested the hypothesis that a “magnetic map” (i.e., an ability to extract positional information from Earth’s magnetic field) also exists in a population of salmon that do not undertake oceanic migrations. This study examined juvenile Atlantic...

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Article