Larval desperation and histamine: How simple responses can lead to complex changes in larval behaviour

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 3228-3235

  Swanson, R L ^a   Marshall, D J ^b   Steinberg, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Desperate larva hypothesis; Histamine; Holopneustes purpurascens; Metamorphosis; Settlement behaviour

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE;

AGING; ALGA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; LARVA; METABOLISM; METAMORPHOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA URCHIN;

AGING; ALGAE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHEMOTAXIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HISTAMINE; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; SEA URCHINS;

ALGAE; DELISEA PULCHRA; ECHINOIDEA; HOLOPNEUSTES PURPURESCENS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 35648977569     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.004192     Document Type: Article

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