Evidence for celestial and magnetic compass orientation in lake migrating sockeye salmon fry

1980 ◽  
Vol 137 (3) ◽  
pp. 243-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas P. Quinn
Keyword(s):  
Sockeye Salmon ◽  
Magnetic Compass ◽  
Compass Orientation ◽  
Salmon Fry ◽  
Magnetic Compass Orientation

Auditory and Magnetic Compass Orientation in C57BL/6 mice

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
John B. Phillips ◽  
R. Muheim ◽  
N. M. Edgar ◽  
K. S. Sloan
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Compass ◽  
Compass Orientation ◽  
Magnetic Compass Orientation

Lateralisation of magnetic compass orientation in silvereyes, Zosterops lateralis

2003 ◽  
Vol 51 (6) ◽  
pp. 597 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Wiltschko ◽  
Ursula Munro ◽  
Hugh Ford ◽  
Roswitha Wiltschko
Keyword(s):  
Geomagnetic Field ◽  
Magnetic Compass ◽  
Compass Orientation ◽  
Directional Information ◽  
Zosterops Lateralis ◽  
Magnetic Compass Orientation ◽  
Directional Preference ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Brain ◽  
The Magnetic Field

The ability of migratory silvereyes to orient was tested in the geomagnetic field with one eye covered. Silvereyes using only their right eye were able to orient in migratory direction just as well as birds using both eyes. Using only their left eye, however, the birds did not show a significant directional preference. These data indicate that directional information from the magnetic field is mediated almost exclusively by the right eye and processed by the left hemisphere of the brain. Together with corresponding findings from European robins and indications for a similar phenomenon in homing pigeons, they suggest that a strong lateralisation of the magnetic compass is widespread among birds.

Compass orientation of sockeye salmon fry from a complex river system

1981 ◽  
Vol 59 (8) ◽  
pp. 1548-1553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernest L. Brannon ◽  
Thomas P. Quinn ◽  
Gino L. Lucchetti ◽  
Brian D. Ross
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Lake Water ◽  
Sockeye Salmon ◽  
River System ◽  
The Moon ◽  
Compass Orientation ◽  
Temporal Cues ◽  
Salmon Fry ◽  
Orientation Response ◽  
Guidance Information

Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) fry from the Weaver Creek – Harrison Lake population were tested to determine whether they exhibited directional orientation in the absence of water flow. The fry oriented in a generally north-northeast direction. The presence of the moon greatly enhanced the strength of the northward orientation response, and the moon may have provided the fry with guidance information. Tests with newly emerged fry indicated little or no response to a directionally altered magnetic field. Both the passage of time and exposure to Harrison River – Harrison Lake water enhanced the compass orientation response, implying that an inherited response is triggered by environmental and temporal cues.

scholarly journals Magnetic compass orientation

Nature ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 362 (6422) ◽  
pp. 703-703 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth J. Lohmann
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Compass ◽  
Compass Orientation ◽  
Magnetic Compass Orientation

scholarly journals Magnetic Compass Orientation in the European Eel

PLoS ONE ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. e59212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline M. F. Durif ◽  
Howard I. Browman ◽  
John B. Phillips ◽  
Anne Berit Skiftesvik ◽  
L. Asbjørn Vøllestad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Compass ◽  
European Eel ◽  
Compass Orientation ◽  
Magnetic Compass Orientation

Learned magnetic compass orientation by the Siberian hamster, Phodopus sungorus

2003 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 779-786 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark E. Deutschlander ◽  
Michael J. Freake ◽  
S.Christopher Borland ◽  
John B. Phillips ◽  
Robert C. Madden ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Compass ◽  
Phodopus Sungorus ◽  
Compass Orientation ◽  
Siberian Hamster ◽  
Magnetic Compass Orientation
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