Role of olfactory appendages in chemically mediated orientation of blue crabs

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 261, Issue , 2003, Pages 217-231

  Keller, Troy A ^a,b   Powell, Ian ^a   Weissburg, Marc J ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ST JOHNS RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Antennules; Chemical plumes; Chemoreception; Perireceptor processes; Predator prey interactions; Sensory biology; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

CHEMORECEPTION; CRAB; OLFACTION; ORIENTATION; SENSORY SYSTEM;

CALLINECTES; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; PORTUNIDAE;

EID: 0242540493     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps261217     Document Type: Article

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