Responses of the sea catfish Ariopsis felis to chemical defenses from the sea hare Aplysia californica

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 368, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-160

  Sheybani, Arman ^a   Nusnbaum, Matthew ^b   Caprio, John ^a   Derby, Charles D ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Behavior; Electrophysiology; Gustation; Olfaction; Opaline

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CHEMORECEPTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GASTROPOD; OLFACTION; PALATABILITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SECRETION; TASTE; TELEOST;

ANASPIDEA; APLYSIA; APLYSIA CALIFORNICA; ARIIDAE; ARIOPSIS (CATFISH); BARBUS; FELIS; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 57249094216     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2008.09.024     Document Type: Article

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