Copper reduced mating behaviour in male shore crabs (Carcinus maenas (L.))

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 60-69

  Krång, Anna Sara ^a   Ekerholm, Mattias ^b  

^a GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Behavioural alteration; Carcinus maenas; Chemosensory; Copper; Mating; Pheromone; Shore crab

Indexed keywords

COPPER; PHEROMONE;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COLOR MORPH; COPPER; CRAB; MATING BEHAVIOR; PHEROMONE; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CRAB; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; INJECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URINE;

ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; COPPER; FEMALE; MALE; PHEROMONES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CARCINUS MAENAS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 33748760884     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2006.07.014     Document Type: Article

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