Chemically mediated mate location and evaluation in the lobster, Homarus americanus

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 883-899

  Bushmann, Paul J ^a,b   Atema, Jelle ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MARINE PROGRAM   (United States)

^b Anne Arundel Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical signals; Dominance; Homarus americanus; Lobsters; Mate choice; Mating; Molt stage; Pheromones

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

CHEMICAL CUE; CRUSTACEAN; MATE ATTRACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; LOBSTER; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; SENSORY SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; URINE VOLUME;

HOMARUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 0034060024     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005404107918     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. AIKEN, D. E. 1973. Proecdysis, setal development, and molt prediction in the American lobster (Homarus americanus). J. Fish. Res. Bd. Can. 30:1337-1344.
2. ATEMA, J. 1985. Chemoreception in the sea: Adaptations of chemoreceptors and behavior to aquatic stimulus conditions. Soc. Exp. Biol. Symp. 39:387-423.
3. ATEMA, J. 1986. Review of sexual selection and chemical communication in the lobster, Homarus americanus. Can J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 43:2283-2290.
4. ATEMA, J., and COWAN, D. F. 1986. Sex-identifying urine and molt signals in lobster (Homarus americanus). J. Chem. Ecol. 12:2065-2080.
5. ATEMA, J., and ENGSTROM, D. G. 1971. Sex pheromone in the lobster, Homarus americanus. Nature 232:261-263.
6. ATEMA, J., and VOIGT, R. 1995. Behavior and sensory biology, pp. 313-348, in J. R. Factor (ed.). The Biology of the Lobster, Homarus americanus. New York, Academic Press.
7. ATEMA, J., JACOBSON, S., KARNOFSKY, E., OLESZKO-SZUTS, S., and STEIN, L. 1979. Pair formation in the lobster, Homarus americanus: Behavioral development, pheromones and mating. Mar. Behav. Physiol. 6:277-296.
8. ATEMA, J., BREITHAUPT, T., LEVAY, A., MORRISON, J., MALLIDIS, M., and EDATTIKARAN, M. 1999. Urine pheromones in the lobster, Homarus americanus: Both males and females recognize individuals and only use the lateral antennule for this task. Chem. Senses 24:615-616.
9. BOUCHARD, S., SAINTE-MARIE, B., and MCNEIL, J. N. 1996. Indirect evidence indicates female semiochimicals release male precopulatory behaviour in the snow crab, Chionoecetes opilio (Brachyura: Majidae). Chemoecology 7:39-44.
10. BREITHAUPT, T., LINDSTROM, D. P., and ATEMA, J. 1999. Urine release in freely moving catheterised lobsters (Homarus americanus) with reference to feeding and social conditions. J. Exp. Biol. 202:837-844.
11. BUSHMANN, P., and ATEMA, J. 1996. Nephropore rosette glands of the lobster Homarus americanus: Possible sources of urine pheromones. J. Crust. Biol. 16:221-231.
12. BUSHMANN, P., and ATEMA, J. 1997. Shelter sharing and chemical courtship signals in the lobster, Homarus americanus. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 54:647-654.
13. CHARLTON, R. E., and CARDÉ, R. T. 1990. Behavioral interactions in the courtship of Lymantria dispar (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 83:89-96.
14. COWAN, D. F. 1991. The role of olfaction in courtship behavior of the American lobster Homarus americanus. Biol. Bull. 181:402-407.
15. COWAN, D. F., and ATEMA, J. 1990. Moult staggering and serial monogamy in American lobsters, Homarus americanus. Anim. Behav. 39:1199-1206.
16. DARWIN, C. 1871. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex. Murray, London.
17. DUNHAM, P. J. 1978. Sex pheromones in Crustacea. Biol. Rev. 53:555-583.
18. DUNHAM, P. J. 1988. Pheromones and behaviour in Crustacea, pp. 375-392, in H. Laufer and G. H. Downer (eds.). Endocrinology of Selected Invertebrate Types. Liss, New York.
19. DUNHAM, P. J., and SKINNER-JACOBS, D. 1978. Intermolt mating in the lobster (Homarus americanus). Mar. Behav. Physiol. 5:208-214.
20. DUSSOURD, D. E., HARVIS, C. A., MEINWALD, J., and EISNER, T. 1991. Pheromonal advertisement of a nuptial gift by a male moth (Utethesia ornatrix). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 88:9224-9227.
21. EALES, A. J. 1974. Sex pheromone in the shore crab Carcinus maenas, and the site of its release from females. Mar. Behav. Physiol. 2:345-355.
22. GLEESON, R. A. 1980. Pheromone communication in the reproductive behavior of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. Mar. Behav. Physiol. 7:119-134.
23. GLEESON, R. A. 1991. Intrinsic factors mediating pheromone communication in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, pp. 17-32, in R. T. Bauer and J. W. Martin (eds.). Crustacean Sexual Biology. New York, Columbia University Press.
24. GUENTHER, C. M., and ATEMA, J. 1998. Distribution of setae on the Homarus americanus lateral antennular flagellum. Biol. Bull. 195:182-183.
25. HOFFMAN, R. S., DUNHAM, P. J., and KELLY, P. V. 1975. Effects of water temperature and housing conditions upon the aggressive behavior of the lobster Homarus americanus. J. Fish. Res. Bd. Can. 32:713-717.
26. JACCARD, J. 1983. Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences. Wadsworth, Belmont, CA.
27. JONES, D. R., and HARTNOLL, R. G. 1997. Mate selection and mating behaviour in spider crabs. Estuarine Coast. Shelf Sci. 44:185-193.
28. KARAVANICH, C., and ATEMA, J. 1998a. Olfactory recognition of urine signals in dominance fights between male lobsters, Homarus americanus. Behaviour 135:719-730.
29. KARAVANICH, C., and ATEMA, J. 1998b. Individual recognition and memory in lobster (Homarus americanus) dominance. Anim. Behav. 56:1553-1560.
30. KARNOFSKY, E. B., ATEMA, J., and ELGIN, R. H. 1989. Field observations of social behavior, shelter use, and foraging in the lobster, Homarus americanus. Biol. Bull. 176:239-246.
31. MAYNARD-SMITH, J. 1991. Theories of mate choice. Trends Ecol. Evol. 6:146-151.
32. ROWLAND, W. J., ROBB, C. C., and CORTWRIGHT, S. A. 1990. Chemically-mediated mate choice in red-spotted newts: Do males select or just detect females? Anim. Behav. 39:811-813.
33. RYAN, E. R. 1966. Pheromone: evidence in a decapod crustacean. Science 151:340-341.
34. WADDY, S. L., and AIKEN, D. E. 1990. Intermolt insemination, an alternative mating strategy for the American lobster (Homarus americanus). Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 47:2402-2406.
35. WEAVER, M., and ATEMA, J. 1998. Hydrodynamic coupling of lobster antennule motion to oscillatory water flow. Biol. Bull. 195:180-182.
36. ZAHAVI, A. 1975. Mate selection - a selection for a handicap. Theor. Biol. 53:205-214.