Minnesota Project
Determining the olfactory sensitivity of Asian carp (Hypophtgalmichthys spp.) to putative hormonal sex pheremones - II Behavioral Responsiveness
January 2012 - July 2013
Personnel
- MNCFWRU Administrator, Non-PI Collaborator
- Peter Sorensen, Principal Investigator
Participating Agencies
- Columbia Environmental Research Center
Asian carp are an invasive species that present a significant threat to aquatic ecosystems. This project aims to elucidate how sex pheremones function in the Asian carps and in the process of doing so, develop technologies so they might be utilized as attractants for use in sampoing and control.