To paddle or not: Context dependent courtship display by male blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1243-1248

  Kamio, Michiya ^a   Reidenbach, Matthew A ^b,c   Derby, Charles D ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue crab; Callinectes sapidus; Chemical communication; Chemoreception; Courtship display; Habitat dependent signalling; Pheromone; Portunid; Sexual behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRACHYURA; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; FLOW KINETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; MALE; RHEOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PORTUNIDAE;

EID: 44349193410     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.014977     Document Type: Article

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