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A connection between homing* behaviour and olfaction in fishes is now a well-established fact, but interpretations and concepts remain controversial. While speculations about a possible involvement of the olfactory sense with homing in fishes appeared at least a century ago (Buckland, 1880), direct scientific evidence for such a coupling has been obtained only during the course of the past four decades.
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Stabell, O.B. (1992). Olfactory control of homing behaviour in salmonids. In: Hara, T.J. (eds) Fish Chemoreception. Fish & Fisheries Series, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2332-7_12
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