Behavioral observations and computer simulations of blue crab movement to a chemical source in a controlled turbulent flow

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 3387-3398

  Weissburg, Marc J ^a   Dusenbery, David B ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue crab; Callinectes sapidus; Chemo tropotaxis; Navigation; Odor; Rheotaxis; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRACHYURA; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRACHYURA; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ODORS;

ANIMALIA; BRACHYURA; CALLINECTES; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 0036853253     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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