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Sensory mechanisms of natal stream imprinting and homing in Oncorhynchus spp.

Juvenile Oncorhynchus spp. Oncorhynchus spp. can memorise their natal stream during downstream migration; juveniles migrate to feed during their growth phase and then they migrate long distances from their feeding habitat to their natal stream to reproduce as adults. Two different sensory mechanisms, olfaction and navigation, are involved in the imprinting and homing processes during short-distance migration within the natal stream and long-distance migration in open water, respectively. Here, olfactory functions are reviewed from both neurophysiological studies on the olfactory discrimination ability of natal stream odours and neuroendocrinological studies on the hormonal controlling mechanisms of olfactory memory formation and retrieval in the brain. These studies revealed that the long-term stability of dissolved free amino-acid composition in the natal stream is crucial for olfactory imprinting and homing. Additionally, the brain-pituitary-thyroid and brain-pituitary-gonadal hormones play important roles in olfactory memory formation and retrieval, respectively. Navigation functions were reviewed from physiological biotelemetry techniques with sensory interference experiments during the homing migration of anadromous and lacustrine Oncorhynchus spp. The experiments demonstrated that Oncorhynchus spp. used compass navigation mechanisms in the open water. These findings are discussed in relation to the sensory mechanisms involved in natal stream imprinting and homing in Oncorhynchus spp. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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