3-Decanol in the haemolymph of the hermit crab Clibanarius vittatus signals shell availability to conspecifics

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 382, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-53

  Schmidt, Gesine ^a   Rittschof, Dan ^b   Lutostanski, Kay ^b,c   Batchelder, Alexander ^d   Harder, Tilmann ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Tufts University   (United States)

^d Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquatic hermit crab; Clibanarius vittatus; GC MS; Shell cue; SPME; Volatile

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL CUE; CONSPECIFIC; CRAB; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; JUVENILE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEAWATER; SHELL; TERRITORIALITY; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

BRACHYURAN; CLIBANARIUS VITTATUS; COENOBITIDAE; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; PAGURUS POLLICARIS;

EID: 70449532031     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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