Responses of mud snails and periwinkles to environmental odors and disaccharide mimics of fish odor

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 679-696

  Rahman, Yasmin J ^a   Forward Jr , Richard B ^b,c   Rittschof, Dan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Department of Zoology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical ecology; Environmental odors; Ilyanassa obsoleta; Littoraria irrorata; Predator odors; Predator prey interactions; Snail alarm and feeding behavior

Indexed keywords

DISACCHARIDE; HEPARIN; SEA WATER;

AVOIDANCE REACTION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; OLFACTORY CUE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; FEEDING; FISH; FLIGHT; GRASS; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PREDATOR; SHRIMP; SNAIL;

CLIBANARIUS VITTATUS; FASCIOLARIA HUNTERIA; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; GASTROPODA; ILYANASSA OBSOLETA; LITTORARIA IRORATA; MENIPPE MERCENARIA; PENAEUS DUORARUM; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 0034024210     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005428221952     Document Type: Article

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