Chemical attractants in horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, eggs: The potential for an artificial bait

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 477-496

  Ferrari, Kirstin M ^a   Targett, Nancy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial bait; Chemical attractant; Chemoreception; Horseshoe crab; Limulus polyphemus

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PROTEIN; CHEMOATTRACTANT; GLYCOPROTEIN; SEX PHEROMONE;

ATTRACTANT; BAIT; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; CHEMORECEPTION; CRAB; FISHERY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BIOASSAY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMOTAXIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; EEL; EGG; LIMULUS; MEASUREMENT; METABOLITE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PREDATOR; PREY; SNAIL; SYNTHESIS; THERMOSTABILITY;

ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMORECEPTORS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EELS; FEMALE; FISHERIES; HORSESHOE CRABS; OVUM; PHEROMONES; SNAILS;

UNITED STATES;

ANGUILLIFORMES; ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; ILYANASSA OBSOLETA; LIMULIDAE; LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS; MEROSTOMATA; NASSARIIDAE; POLYPHEMUS;

EID: 0037303591     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022698431776     Document Type: Article

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