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Synopsis
The senses of smell and taste in fish play a vital role in many aspects of fish behaviour including feeding, migration and breeding. The editor of this book, himself an internationally recognized authority on the subject, has drawn together an eminent group of contributors who provide a thorough synthesis of all aspects of the subject.
Booknews
Examines the senses of smell and taste in fish, for researchers in basic sciences, fishery managers, pollution-control personnel, and manufacturers of fish food and bait. Some of the topics are the biological structure and mechanisms, the olfactory control of homing migration in salmonids, applications to fish feed formulations for aquaculture, and the relation between chemoreception and water pollution. Distributed in the US by VNR. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)