Orientation and shape discrimination in juveniles and adults of the mangrove crab Aratus pisonii (H. Milne Edwards, 1837): Effects of predator and chemical cues

Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-50

  Chiussi, Roberto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Aratus pisonii; Chemical cues; Multi modal responses; Orientation; Visual cues

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHEMICAL CUE; CRAB; ORIENTATION; PREDATION; VISUAL CUE;

ARATUS PISONII; CALLINECTES ORNATUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HAEMULON AUROLINEATUM; HALOPHILA; PORTUNIDAE; SCYLLA; SESARMIDAE;

EID: 0344099573     PISSN: 10236244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236240290031548     Document Type: Article

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