Observations on the effect of visual and olfactory ablation on the swimming behavior of migrating adult chum salmon,Oncorhynchus keta
Observations on the effect of visual and olfactory ablation on the swimming behavior of migrating adult chum salmon,Oncorhynchus keta
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视觉和嗅觉消融对成年鲑鱼洄游行为影响的观察
DOI:
10.1007/bf02905635
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发表时间:
1992
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影响因子:
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通讯作者:
Akira Nakamura
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作者:
K. Yano;Akira Nakamura
The behavior of chum slamon, Oncorhynchus keta, was studied using ultrasonic telemetry in the waters off the Okhotsk coast of Hokkaido from 1979 to 1981. Thirty-six adult fish were outfitted with a 50KHz ultrasonic transmitter provided with either a depth sensor, depth/illumination sensors, or depth/temperature sensors. Twenty-one of the experimental fish were used as controls and left intact. Of the remaining fish, six had their sight destroyed, seven had their olfactory nerves severed or their nares filled with wax, one had both senses destroyed, and one had a sham operation, but had only a shallow transverse cut made in the skin over the olfactory nerves. Control fish and the fish with the sham operation initially swam in a horizontal zigzag pattern while fish with an obliterated sense swam in a similar pattern but to a reduced extent. The horizontal and vertical speeds of the intact fish were faster than those of the fish with a destroyed sense. Amplitude of vertical movements of the intact fish stretched from surface to bottom, while fish with destroyed vision tended towards midwater. Fish without an olfactory sense tended to be at the surface or near the bottom. Regular vertical movement would be effective in refreshing olfactory epithelia which might become acclimated when exposed to one odor. The vertical movements can be found in the horizontal zigzag movements in coastal and near shore migrations, as well as in the stream phase of homing. The zigzag movements, both horizontal and vertical, allow the fish to sense the water masses and locate the correct tributary.The migration of salmon from oceanic feeding grounds to their home stream spawning site involves orientation and homing ability in the open ocean, coastal waters, and streams (Neave, 1964; Quinn and Groot, 1984). An olfactory basis for this homing ability for the final stages of riverine migration was presented by Hasler and Wisby in 1951, proposing that juvenile salmon become imprinted with the distinctive chemical odor of their natal stream and adult fish utilize long-term olfactory memory to locate their home stream during the spawning migration. In 1954, Wisby and Hasler conducted the first systematic field experiment confirming this olfactory hypothesis in coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, later demonstrated the hypothesis by Quinn et al. in 1989. Subsequent studies have shown similar findings for brown trout, Salmo trutta (Shearer, 1959), landlocked sockeye salmon, O. nerka (Lorz and Northcote, 1965), chum salmon, O. keta (Hiyama et al., 1966), chinook salmon, O. tshawytscha (Groves et al., 1968; DeLacy et al., 1969), and cutthroat trout, O. clarki (= S. clarki)(Jahn, 1969). During the freshwater homing phase, coho salmon