Hydrogen peroxide and other components in the ink of sea hares are chemical defenses against predatory spiny lobsters acting through non-antennular chemoreceptors

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 363, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 28-34

  Aggio, Juan F ^a   Derby, Charles D ^a  

^a Georgia State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical defenses; Chemoreception; Crustacea; Hydrogen peroxide; Opisthobranch

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CHEMORECEPTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LOBSTER; PREDATION; SECRETION; SLUG;

ANASPIDEA; APLYSIA; APLYSIA CALIFORNICA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LOBSTER; PALINURIDAE; PANULIRUS INTERRUPTUS;

EID: 49549087727     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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