Agonistic behaviour and biogenic amines in shore crabs Carcinus maenas

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 537-545

  Sneddon, Lynne U ^a,c   Taylor, Alan C ^a   Huntingford, Felicity A ^a   Watson, David G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Behaviour; Biogenic amine; Carcinus maenas; Dopamine; Octopamine; Serotonin; Shore crab

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC AMINE; DOPAMINE; OCTOPAMINE; SEROTONIN; TYRAMINE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRACHYURA; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMALS; BIOGENIC AMINES; BRACHYURA; DOPAMINE; MALE; OCTOPAMINE; SEROTONIN; TYRAMINE;

ANIMALIA; BRACHYURA; CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAPSIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034006934     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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