Effects of odor flux and pulse rate on chemosensory tracking in turbulent odor plumes by the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 44-55

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

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; CHEMORECEPTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; ODOR; PLUME; TRACKING;

ANIMALIA; BRACHYURA; CALLINECTES; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PORTUNIDAE;

EID: 4344713138     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1543627     Document Type: Article

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