Acidity enhances the effectiveness of active chemical defensive secretions of sea hares, Aplysia californica, against spiny lobsters, Panulirus interruptus

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 193, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1195-1204

  Shabani, Shkelzen ^a   Yaldiz, Seymanur ^a   Vu, Luan ^a   Derby, Charles D ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemoreception; Ink; Opaline; pH; Phagomimicry

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID OXIDASE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHEMORECEPTOR; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MIXTURE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EXOCRINE GLAND; METABOLISM; OLFACTORY BULB; PALINURIDAE; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SECRETION; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; APLYSIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHEMORECEPTORS; COMPLEX MIXTURES; ESCAPE REACTION; EXOCRINE GLANDS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; L-AMINO ACID OXIDASE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; OLFACTORY BULB; PALINURIDAE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 36448982891     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-007-0271-5     Document Type: Article

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