Detection of salinity by the lobster, Homarus americanus

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 424-434

  Dufort, Christopher G ^a   Jury, Steven H ^a   Newcomb, James M ^a   O'Grady III, Daniel F ^a   Watson III, Winsor H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMORECEPTION; LOBSTER; SALINITY;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA; HOMARUS AMERICANUS; LOBSTER;

CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; MAGNESIUM; SEA WATER; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; MALE; NEPHROPIDAE; OSMOLARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL; CALCIUM; CHLORIDES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; MAGNESIUM; MALE; NEPHROPIDAE; NEW HAMPSHIRE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SEAWATER; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0035543260     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1543620     Document Type: Article

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