Publications

Lab Publications (124):


  1. Sorensen, P.W. & T.H. Hoye, (in press). Pheromones in Vertebrates. In: Mori, K (volume ed.), Volume 4 Chemical Ecology, Comprehensive Natural Products Chemistry II: Chemistry and Biology (series editors L.N. Mander & H. Liu), Elsevier Press, U.K.
  2. Sorensen, P.W. & R. Bergstedt (in press). Sea lamprey In: D. Simberloff & M. Rejmanek, editors The Encyclopedia of Invasive Introduced Species, University of California Press, Berkeley.
  3. Sorensen, P.W. & P. Bajer (in press). Common carp. In: D. Simberloff & M. Rejmanek, editors The Encyclopedia of Invasive Introduced Species, University of California Press, Berkeley.
  4. Sorensen, P.W. (in press). Stream water creates a discernable odor gradient that migratory, juvenile American eels may follow inshore. In: Haro, A. J., K. L. Smith, R. A. Rulifson, C. M. Moffitt, R. J. Klauda, M. J. Dadswell, R. A. Cunjak, J. E. Cooper, K. L. Beal, & T. S. Avery, editors. 2009. Challenges for Diadromous Fishes in a Dynamic Global Environment. American Fisheries Society, Symposium 69, Bethesda, Maryland.
  5. Vrieze, LA., Bjerselius, R.K., & P.W. Sorensen (in press). The importance f the olfactory sense to sea lamprey seeking riverine spawning habitat. Journal of Fish biology.
  6. Bajer, P.B. & P.W. Sorensen. 2009. Recruitment and abundance of an invasive fish, the common carp, is driven by its propensity to invade and reproduce in basins that experience winter-time hypoxia in interconnected lakes. Biological Invasions doi: 10.1007/s10530-009-9528-y
  7. Bajer, P.B., Sullivan, G., & P.W. Sorensen. 2009. Effects of a rapidly increasing population of common carp on vegetative cover and waterfowl in a Midwestern shallow lake. Hydrobiologia 632:235-245.
  8. Robinson, T.C. Sorensen, P.W., Bayer, J.M. & Seelye, J.G. 2009. Olfactory sensitivity of Pacific lampreys to a lamprey bile acid. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.
  9. Barata, E.N., Fine, J.M., Hubbard, P.C., Almeida, O.G., Frade, P., & Sorensen, P.W., & Canario, A.V.M. 2008. A sterol-like odorant in the urine of Mozambique tilapia males likely signals social dominance to females. Journal of Chemical Ecology> 34(4): 438-449.
  10. Derby, C.D. & Sorensen, P.W. 2008. Neural processing, perception and behavioral responses to natural chemical stimuli by fish and crustaceans. Journal of Chemical Ecology 34(7): 898-914
  11. Sisler, S.P. & Sorensen, P.W. 2008. Common carp and goldfish discern conspecific identity using chemical cues. Behaviour. 145: 1409-1429.
  12. Fine, J.M. & Sorensen, P.W. 2008. Isolation and biological activity of the multi-component sea lamprey migratory pheromone and new information in its potency. Journal of Chemical Ecology 34(10): 1259-1267
  13. Triballeau N., Van Name, E., Laslier, G., Cai, D., Paillard, G, Sorensen, P.W., Hoffmann, R., Bertrand, H.-O., Ngai, J. & Acher, F.C. 2008. High-potency olfactory receptor agonists discovered by virtual high-throughput screening: molecular probes for receptor structure and olfactory function. Neuron 60: 1-6. doi:10.1016/jneuron.2008.11.014
  14. Stacey, N.E. & Sorensen, P.W. 2008. Hormonally derived sex pheromones in fish. Chapter 6 in: Fish Reproduction, (eds. Roche, M.J., Arukwe, A., & Kapoor, B.G.), Science Publishers, Enfield, N.H., 201-244.
  15. Stacey, N.E & P.W. Sorensen 2008. Hormonal pheromones in fish. In D.W. Pfaff, A.P. Arnold, A. Etgen, S. Fahrbach, and R. Rubin (Eds.), Hormones, Brain and Behavior, 2ed. (Volume 2), San Diego: Elsevier Press.
  16. Sorensen, P.W. Pheromones 2008. The Concise Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science, (eds. W.E. Craighead and C.B. Nemeroff). John Wiley & Sons, New York, in press.
  17. Martinovic, D, Denny, J.S., Ankley, G.T., Schmieder, P.K. and P.W. Sorensen. 2008. Temporal variation in the estrogenicity of a sewage treatment plant effluent and its biological significance. Environmental Science and Technology. 42 (9): 3421-3427
  18. Hobson, K.A., Smith, R.J.F, and Sorensen, P.W. (2006)  Applications of stable isotope analysis to tracing nutrient sources of Hawaiian gobioid fishes and other stream organisms. In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Fitzsimons, J.M. (eds.), Biology of Hawaiian Streams and Estuaries. Bishop Museum Bulletin in Cultural  and Environmental Studies, Honolulu, Hawai’i.
  19. Fine, J.M.,  Sisler, S.P., Vrieze, L.A., Swink, W.D. and Sorensen, P.W. 2006. A practical method for obtaining useful quantities of pheromones from sea lamprey and other fishes for identification and control. Journal of Great Lakes Research 23(4).
  20. Baker, C. F, Carton, A.G., Fine, J.M., and Sorensen, P.W. 2006. Can bile acids function as migratory pheromones in banded kokopu Galaxius fasciatus (Gray)?  Ecology of Freshwater Fishes. 15: 275-283.
  21. Wagner, C.M., Jones, M.L., Twohey, M.B.,  and P.W. Sorensen 2006. A field test verifies the pheromones can be useful for sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) control in the Great Lakes.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 63: 475-479.
  22. Sorensen, P.W., Fine, J.M., Dvornikovs, V., Jeffrey, C.S., Shao, F., Wang, J., Vrieze, L.A., Anderson, K.R., and Hoye, T.R. 2005. Mixture of new sulfated steroids functions as a migratory pheromone in the sea lamprey. Nature Chemical Biology1 (6): 324-328.
  23. Sorensen, P.W., Pinillos, M. Scott, A.P. 2005. Sexually mature male goldfish release large quantities of androstenedione to the water where it functions as a pheromone. General and Comparative Endocrinology 140 (3): 164-175.
  24. Fine, J.M., and P.W. Sorensen. 2005. Biologically-relevant concentrations of petromyzonol sulfate, a component of the sea lamprey migratory pheromone, measured in stream waters. Journal of Chemical Ecology  31 (9):  2205-2210.
  25. Sorensen, P.W. and Hobson, K.A. 2005. Stable isotope analysis of amphidromous Hawaiian gobies suggest their larvae spend a substantial amount of time in freshwater river plumes. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 74: 31-42.
  26. Stacey, N.E., and Sorensen, P.W. 2005. Hormones, pheromones, and reproductive behaviors. Chapter 9 in: Behaviour: Interactions with Fish Physiology (eds. K.A. Sloman, S. Balshine; and R.W. Wilson), Volume 24 in Fish Physiology (series editors W.S. Hoar, D.J. Randall, and A.P. Farrell). Academic Press, New York.
  27. Stacey, N.E. and Sorensen, P.W. 2005. Hormonally derived sex pheromones in fish. In:  Fish reproduction, Pandy, senior editor, Oxford Press, New Delhi.
  28. Sorensen, P.W., and N.E. Stacey. 2004. Brief review of fish pheromones and discussion of their possible uses in the control of non-indigenous teleost fishes. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 38: 399-417.
  29. Sorensen, P.W., Murphy, C.A., Loomis K., Maniak P., and P. Thomas. 2004. Evidence that 4-pregnen-17,20b,21-triol-3-one functions as a maturation inducing hormone and pheromone precursor in the percid fish, Gymnocephalus cernuus. General and Comparative Endocrinology  139: 1-11.
  30. Fine, J.M., Vrieze, L.A., and P.W. Sorensen. 2004. Evidence that petromyzontid lampreys employ a common migratory pheromone that is partially comprised of bile acids. Journal of Chemical Ecology 30: 2091- 2110.
  31. Sorensen, P.W., and K. Sato. 2004. Second messenger systems mediating sex pheromone and amino acid sensitivity in goldfish olfactory receptor neurons. Chemical Senses 30 Supplement 1: i315- i317.
  32. Rolen, S.H., Sorensen, P.W., Mattson, D., and Caprio, J. 2003. Polyamines as olfactory stimuli in the goldfish, Carassius auratus. Journal of Experimental Biology 206: 1683-1696.
  33. Sorensen, P.W., Vrieze, L.A, and J. Fine. 2003. A multicomponent migratory pheromone in the sea lamprey.  Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 28: 253-257.
  34. Sato, K., and P.W. Sorensen. 2003. Peripheral coding of sex pheromone information in the goldfish olfactory epithelium. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 28: 277-278.
  35. Sorensen, P.W., and L.A. Vrieze. 2003. Chemical ecology and application of the sea lamprey migratory pheromone. Journal of Great Lakes Research 29 (Supplement 1): 66-84.
  36. Twohey, M.B., P.W. Sorensen, and W. Li. 2003. Possible applications of pheromones in an integrated sea lamprey control program. Journal of Great Lakes Research 29 (Supplement 1): 794-800.
  37. Sorensen, P.W., and Wyatt, J. Pheromones. 2003 The Concise Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science, (eds. W.E. Craighead and C.B. Nemeroff). John Wiley & Sons, New York, 690-691.
  38. Grant, G.C., B. Vondracek, and P.W. Sorensen. 2002. Spawning interactions between sympatric brown and brook trout may contribute to species replacement. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 131: 569-576.
  39. Schoenfuss, H.L., J.T. Levitt, G. VanDer Kraak, and P.W. Sorensen. 2002. Ten week exposure to treated sewage discharge has relatively minor, variable effects on reproductive behavior and sperm production in goldfish. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 21: 2185-2190.
  40. Kobayashi, M., P.W. Sorensen, and N.E. Stacey. 2002. Hormonal and pheromonal control of spawning in goldfish. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 26: 71-84.
  41. Stacey, N.E. and P.W. Sorensen. 2002. Fish hormonal pheromones. In: Hormones, Brain, and Behavior. (eds. D.W. Pfaff, D. Arnold, A. Etgen, S. Fahrbach, and R. Rubin). Academic Press. Volume 2, 375-435.
  42. Stacey, N.E., Wisenden, B., and P.W. Sorensen. 2002. Chemical Communication in Fish. E.O.L.S.S. website. 10 pages.
  43. Polkinghorne, C.A., Olson, J.M., Gallaher, D.G., and P.W. Sorensen. 2001. Larval sea lamprey release two unique bile acids to the water at a rate sufficient to produce detectable riverine pheromonal plumes. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry. 24 (1): 15-30
  44. Poling, K.R., Fraser, E.J., and P.W. Sorensen, P.W. 2001. The three steroidal components of the goldfish preovulatory pheromone signal evoke different behaviors in males. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part B. 129: 645-651.
  45. Vrieze, L.A., and P.W. Sorensen. 2001. Laboratory assessment of the role of a larval pheromone and natural stream odor in spawning stream localization by migratory sea lamprey. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science. 58: 2374-2385.
  46. Stacey, N.E., Fraser, E.J., Sorensen, P.W., and G.J. VanDerKraak. 2001. Milt production in goldfish: regulation by multiple stimuli. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part B. 130: 467-476.
  47. Weigel, D.E. and P.W. Sorensen. 2001. The influence of habitat characteristics on the longitudinal distribution of brook, brown, and rainbow trout in a small midwestern stream. Journal of Freshwater Ecology. 16(4): 599- 613.
  48. Sorensen, P.W., and Wyatt, J. 2001. Pheromones. The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science, third edition. (eds. W.E. Craighead and C.B. Nemeroff). John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1193-1195.
  49. Bjerselius, R., Li, W., Teeter, J.H., Seelye, J.G., Maniak, P.J., Grant G.C., Polkinghorne, C.N. and P.W. Sorensen. 2000. Direct behavioral evidence that unique bile acids released by larval sea lamprey function as a migratory pheromone. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 57: 557-569.
  50. Sorensen, P.W., Scott, A.P., and R.L. Kihslinger. 2000. How common hormonal metabolites function as specific pheromones in the goldfish. In: Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on the Reproductive Physiology of Fish, eds. B. Norberg, O.S. Kjesbu, G.L. Taranger, E. Andersson, and S.O. Stefansson, Bergen, Norway, 125-129.
  51. Maniak, P.J. Lossing, R., and P.W. Sorensen. 2000. Injured Eurasian ruffe, Gymnocephalus cernuss, release an alarm pheromone which may prove useful in their control. Journal of Great Lakes Research 26(2): 183-195.
  52. Appelt, C.W., and P.W. Sorensen. 1999. Freshwater fish release urinary pheromones in a pulsatile manner. Advances in Chemical Signals in Vertebrates, eds. R.E. Johnston, D. Müller-Schwarze, and P.W. Sorensen, Plenum Press, NY. 247-256.
  53. Sorensen, P.W., and N.E. Stacey. 1999. Evolution and specialization in fish hormonal pheromones. Advances in Chemical Signals in Vertebrates, eds. R.E. Johnston, D. Müller-Schwarze, and P.W. Sorensen, Plenum Press, NY. 15-48.
  54. Hansen, A., Zippel, P.H., Sorensen, P.W., and J. Caprio. 1999.  The ultrastructure of the olfactory epithelium in intact, axotomized and bulbectomized goldfish (Carassius auratus). Microscopy Research and Technique 45: 325-338.
  55. Speca, D.J., Lin, D.M., Sorensen, P.W., Isacoff, E.Y., Ngai, and A.H. Dittman. 1999. Functional identification of a goldfish odorant receptor. Neuron 23: 487-498.
  56. Stacey, N.E., and P.W. Sorensen. 1999. Pheromones, Fish. In: Encyclopedia of Reproduction, Volume 3, eds. E. Knobil and J.D. Neill., Academic Press, N.Y. pp.748-755.
  57. Johnston, R.E., D. Müller-Schwarze, and P.W. Sorensen. 1999. (Editors) Advances in Chemical Signals in Vertebrates, Plenum Press, NY. 674pp.
  58. Hanson, L.R., Sorensen, P.W., and Y. Cohen. 1998. Sex pheromones and amino acids evoke distinctly different patterns of electrical activity in the goldfish olfactory bulb. Olfaction and Taste XII An International Symposium. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, ed. C. Murphy, NY, NY. 521-524.
  59. Sorensen, P.W., T.A. Christensen, and N.E. Stacey. 1998. Discrimination of pheromonal cues in fish: emerging parallels with insects. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 8(4): 458-467.
  60. Essington, T.E., P.W. Sorensen, and D.G. Paron. 1998. Redd superimposition in stream resident brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) and brown trout (Salmo trutta) cannot be explained by habitat alone. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 55: 2310-2316.
  61. Sorensen, P.W., and J. Caprio. 1998. Chemoreception in fish. Chapter 15 In: The Physiology of Fishes, second edition, ed. R.E. Evans, CRC Press, FL., pp. 375-406.
  62. Zippel, H.P., P.W. Sorensen, and A. Hansen. 1997. High correlation between microvillous receptor cell abundance and sensitivity to pheromones in olfactory nerve-sectioned goldfish. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 180: 39-52.
  63. Li, W., and P.W. Sorensen. 1997. Highly independent olfactory receptor sites for conspecific bile acids in the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 180(4): 429-438.
  64. Cardwell, J.R., P.W. Sorensen, G.J. VanDerKraak, and N.R. Liley. 1996. Effect of dominance status on sex hormone levels in laboratory and wild-spawning male trout. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 101(3): 333-341.
  65. Essington, T.E., and P.W. Sorensen. 1996. Overlapping sensitivities of brook trout and brown trout to putative hormonal pheromones. Journal of Fish Biology. 48: 1027-1029.
  66. Sorensen, P.W. 1996. Behavioral responsiveness to pheromones provides fundamental and unique insight into olfactory function. Chemical Senses. 21(2) 245-256.
  67. Christensen, T.A., and P.W. Sorensen. 1996. Pheromones and other semiochemicals: tools for olfactory research. Chemical Senses. 21(2): 241-244.
  68. Li, W., P.W. Sorensen, and D. Gallaher. 1995. The olfactory system of migratory adult sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) is specifically and acutely sensitive to unique bile acids released by conspecific larvae. Journal of General Physiology 105: 569-589.
  69. Palmer, E.E., P.W. Sorensen, and I.R. Adelman. 1995. A histological study of seasonal ovarian development in freshwater drum, Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque, in the Red Lakes, Minnesota. Journal of Fish Biology 47: 199-210.
  70. Sorensen, P.W., A.P. Scott, N.E. Stacey, and L. Bowdin. 1995. Sulfated 17,20b-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one functions as a potent and specific olfactory stimulant with pheromonal actions in the goldfish. General Comparative Endocrinology 100(1) 128-142.
  71. Sorensen, P.W., J.R. Cardwell, T. Essington, and D.E. Weigel. 1995. Reproductive interactions between brook and brown trout in a small Minnesota stream. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 52(9): 1958-1965.
  72. Bjerselius, B., W. Li, and P.W. Sorensen. 1995. Spermiated male sea lamprey release a potent sex pheromone. In: Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on the Reproductive Physiology of Fish, eds. F. Goetz & P. Thomas, Fish Symposium 95, Austin, Texas, p.271.
  73. Appelt, C., P.W. Sorensen, and R.G. Kellner. 1995. Female goldfish appear to release pheromonally active F-prostaglandins in urinary pulses. In: Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on the Reproductive Physiology of Fish, eds. F. Goetz & P. Thomas, Fish Symposium 95, Austin, Texas, p. 270.
  74. Sorensen, P.W., A.R. Brash, F.W. Goetz, R.G. Kellner, L. Bowdin, and L.A. Vrieze. 1995. Origins and functions of F prostaglandins as  hormones and pheromones in the goldfish. In: Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on the Reproductive Physiology of Fish, eds. F. Goetz & P. Thomas, Fish Symposium 95, Austin, Texas,
  75. Stacey, N.E., J.R. Cardwell, N.R. Liley, A.P. Scott, and P.W. Sorensen. 1994. Hormones as sex pheromones in fish. In: Perspectives in Comparative Endocrinology, eds. K.G. Davey, R.E. Peter & S. Tobe, National Research Council of Canada, p. 438-448.
  76. Sorensen, P.W. 1994. Effects of electroshocking on the sexual behavior of goldfish and brook trout. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 14: 862-865.
  77. Sorensen, P.W., and A.P. Scott. 1994. The evolution of hormonal sex pheromones in teleost fish: Poor correlation between the pattern of steroid release by goldfish and olfactory sensitivity suggests that these cues evolved as a result of chemical spying rather than signal specialization. Acta Scandinavia Physiologica 152:191-205
  78. Scott, A.P., and P.W. Sorensen. 1994. Time course of release of pheromonally active gonadal steroids and their conjugates by ovulatory goldfish. General and Comparative Endocrinology 96: 309-323.
  79. Stacey, N.E., P.W. Sorensen, and J.G. Cardwell. 1993. Hormonal pheromones: recent developments and potential for use in aquaculture. In: Aquaculture: Fundamental and Applied Research,  ed. B. Lahlou, American Geophysical Union, Washington D.C.
  80. DeFraipont, M., and P.W. Sorensen. 1993. Exposure to the pheromone 17a,20b-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one enhances the behavioural spawning success, sperm production and sperm motility of male goldfish. Animal Behaviour  46: 245-256.
  81. Sorensen, P.W., and F.W. Goetz. 1993. Pheromonal function of prostaglandin metabolites in teleost fish. Journal of Lipid Mediators 6: 385-393.
  82. Irvine, I.A.S., and P.W. Sorensen. 1993. Acute olfactory sensitivity of wild common carp, Cyprinus carpio, to goldfish hormonal pheromones is influenced by gonadal maturity. Canadian Journal of Zoology 71:2199-2210.
  83. Sorensen, P.W., I.A.S. Irvine, A.P. Scott, and N.E. Stacey  1992. Electrophysiological measures of olfactory sensitivity suggest that goldfish and other fish use species-specific mixtures of hormones and their metabolites as sex pheromones. In: Chemical Signals in Vertebrates VI, eds. R.L. Doty & D. Muller-Schwarze, Plenum Press, New York, pp.357-364.
  84. Sorensen, P.W. 1992. Hormonally-derived sex pheromones in goldfish: A model for understanding the evolution of sex pheromone systems in fish. Biological Bulletin 183: 173-177.
  85. Sorensen, P.W., and N.E. Stacey. 1992. Hormonally-derived sex pheromones in goldfish: A model for understanding the evolution of sex pheromones in fish and evaluating their utility in aquaculture and fisheries management. In: Short Communications of the 1991 International Marine Biotechnology Conference, Developments in Industrial Microbiology Extended Abstract Series , ed. J.C. Hunter-Cevera, Brown Publishers, Dubuque, Iowa,  pp.350-358.
  86. Sorensen, P.W. 1992. Hormones, pheromones, and chemoreception. Chapter 10 In: Fish Chemoreception, ed. T.J. Hara, Chapman and Hall, London, pp. 199-228.
  87. Sorensen, P.W., F.W. Goetz, A.P. Scott, and N.E. Stacey. 1991. Recent studies of the goldfish indicate both unmodified and modified hormones function as sex pheromones. In: Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on the Reproductive Physiology of Fish,  eds. A.P. Scott, J.P. Sumpter, D.E. Kime & M.S. Rolfe, University of East Anglia Printing Unit, United Kingdom, pp.191-193.
  88. Irvine, I.A.S., and P.W. Sorensen. 1991. The olfactory sensitivity of wild Mississippi River carp to sex steroids is similar to the goldfish and varies with maturity and gender. In: Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on the Reproductive Physiology of Fish,  eds. A.P. Scott, J.P. Sumpter, D.E. Kime & M.S. Rolfe, University of East Anglia Printing Unit, United Kingdom, p.203.
  89. Stacey, N.E., P.W. Sorensen, J.G. Dulka, J.R. Cardwell, and A.S. Irvine.1991. Fish sex pheromones: current status and potential applications. Bulletin of the Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica. (Taiwan). Series Monograph 16, pp.189-227.
  90. Rosenblum, P.M., P.W. Sorensen, N.E. Stacey, and R.E. Peter. 1991. Binding of the steroidal pheromone 17a,20b-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one to goldfish, Carassius auratus, olfactory epithelium membrane preparations. Chemical Senses 16(2): 143-154.
  91. Sorensen, P.W., Hara, T.J., and N.E. Stacey. 1991. Sex pheromones selectively stimulate the medial olfactory tracts of male goldfish. Brain Research 558: 343-347.
  92. Fujita, I., P.W. Sorensen, N.E. Stacey, and T.J. Hara. 1991. The olfactory system, not the terminal nerve, functions as the primary chemosensory pathway mediating responses to sex pheromones in male goldfish. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 38: 313-321.
  93. Stacey, N.E., and P.W. Sorensen. 1991. Function and evolution of fish hormonal pheromones. In: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Fishes, Vol. 1 eds. P.L. Hochachka and T.P. Mommsen, Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp.109-135.
  94. Sorensen, P.W., T.J. Hara, N.E. Stacey, and J.G. Dulka. 1990. Extreme olfactory specificity of male goldfish to the preovulatory pheromone 17a,20b-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 166(3): 373-385.
  95. Stacey, N.E., and P.W. Sorensen. 1990. Identified sex pheromones in fish: endocrine and behavioral effects. In: Fish Physiology, Fish Toxicology, and Fisheries Management: Proceedings of an International Symposium, Guangzhou, Peoples Republic of China, September 14-16, 1988. ed. R.C. Ryans, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Athens, Georgia, EPA/600/9-90/011, pp.216-227.
  96. Sorensen, P.W., and N.E. Stacey. 1990. Identified hormonal pheromones in the goldfish: The basis for a model of sex pheromone function in teleost fish. In: Chemical Signals in Vertebrates V, eds. D.W, MacDonald, D. Muller-Schwarze & S.E. Natynczuk, Oxford University Press, New York, pp.302-311.
  97. Van Der Kraak, G.J., P.W. Sorensen, N.E. Stacey, and J.G. Dulka. 1989. Periovulatory female goldfish release three potential pheromones: 17a, 20b-dihydroxyprogesterone, 17a,20b-dihydroxyprogesterone glucuronide and 17a hydroxyprogesterone. General and Comparative Endocrinology 73: 452-457.
  98. Stacey, N.E., P.W. Sorensen, G.J. Van Der Kraak, and J.G. Dulka. 1989. Direct evidence that 17a,20b-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one functions as a goldfish primer pheromone: Periovulatory release is closely associated with male endocrine responses. General and Comparative Endocrinology 75: 62-71.
  99. Sorensen, P.W., N.E. Stacey, and K.J. Chamberlain. 1989. Differing behavioral and endocrinological effects of two female sex pheromones on male goldfish. Hormones and Behavior 23: 317-332.
  100. Sorensen, P.W., and N.W. Pankhurst. 1988. Histological changes in the gonad, skin, intestine and olfactory epithelium of artificially-matured male American eels, Anguilla rostrata (LeSueur). Journal of Fish Biology 32: 297-307.
  101. Sorensen, P.W., T.J. Hara, N.E. Stacey, and F.W. Goetz. 1988. F prostaglandins function as potent olfactory stimulants that comprise the postovulatory female sex pheromone in goldfish. Biology of Reproduction. 39: 1039-1050.
  102. Sorensen, P.W., T.J. Hara, and N.E. Stacey. 1987. Peripheral olfactory responses of mature male, regressed, and hypophysectomized goldfish to a steroidal sex pheromone, L-serine and taurocholic acid. In: Olfaction and Taste IX, eds. R. Roper & J. Atema. Annals of the New York Academy of Science 510: 535-537.
  103. Dulka, J.G., N.E. Stacey, P.W. Sorensen, G.J. Van Der Kraak, and T.A. Marchant. 1987. A sex pheromone system in goldfish: Is the terminal nerve involved?  In: The Terminal Nerve (Nervus terminalis): Structure, Function and Evolution, eds. L.S. Demski & M. Schwanzel-Fukuda. Annals of the New York Academy of Science 519: 411-421.
  104. Kyle, A.L., P.W. Sorensen, N.E. Stacey, and J.G. Dulka. 1987. Medial olfactory tract pathways controlling sexual reflexes and behaviour in teleosts. In: The Terminal Nerve (Nervus terminalis): Structure, Function and Evolution, eds. L.S. Demski & M. Schwanzel-Fukuda. Annals of the New York Academy of Science 519: 97-107.
  105. Stacey, N.E., P.W. Sorensen, J.G. Dulka, G.J. Van Der Kraak, and T.J. Hara. 1987. Teleost sex pheromones: recent studies on identity and function. In: Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on the Reproductive Physiology of Fish, eds. D.R. Idler, L.W. Crim & J.M. Walsh. Memorial University Press, St. John's, Canada, pp.150-153.
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