Editors:
This book covers a wide range of topics, including the identity, production, transmission, reception and behavioral function of chemical signals in selected crustacean groups.
Chemical signaling is the most widespread form of communication in crustaceans.
During the past two decades there have been significant advances in our understanding of crustacean chemical ecology.
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Table of contents (27 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introductory Section
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Front Matter
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General Overview of Signal Characteristics and Reception
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Front Matter
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GENERAL OVERVIEW OF SIGNAL CHARACTERISTICS AND RECEPTION
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Chemical Communication and Behavior
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Front Matter
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CHEMICAL COMMUNICATION AND BEHAVIOR
About this book
The crustaceans are ecologically and economically important organisms. They constitute one of the dominant invertebrate groups on earth, particularly within the aquatic realm. Crustaceans include some of the preferred scientific model organism, profitable aquaculture specimen, but also invasive nuisance species threatening native animal communities throughout the world. Chemoreception is the most important sensory modality of crustaceans, acquiring important information about their environment and picking up the chemical signals that mediate communication with conspecifics.
Significant advances have been made in our understanding of crustacean chemical communication during the past decade. This includes knowledge about the identity, production, transfer, reception and behavioral function of chemical signals in selected crustacean groups. While it is well known that chemical communication is an integral part of the behavioral ecology of most living organisms, the intricate ways in which organisms allocate chemicals in communication remains enigmatic. How does the environment influence the evolution of chemical communication? What are the environmental cues that induce production or release of chemicals? How do individuals economize production and utilization of chemicals? What is the importance of molecule specificity or mix of a molecule cocktail in chemical communication? What is the role of chemical cues in multimodal communication? How does the ontogenetic stage, the sex or the physiological status of an individual affect its reaction to chemical cues? Many of these questions still represent important challenges to biologists.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“This well-edited, multiauthored book reviews how crustaceans––mainly aquatic––orients to and communicates via chemical signals and cues and thus helps us understand the ocean’s cryptic life. … This volume will be of concern to anyone working with the chemical ecology of aquatic organisms as it represents steps toward deciphering the perceptive world of aquatic organisms and identifies future research avenues.” (Thomas Kiørboe, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 87 (2), June, 2012)Editors and Affiliations
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Dept. Biological Sciences, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom
Thomas Breithaupt
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Facultad Ciencas del Mar, Depto. de Biología Marina, Universidad Catolica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile
Martin Thiel
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Chemical Communication in Crustaceans
Editors: Thomas Breithaupt, Martin Thiel
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77101-4
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-77100-7Published: 25 November 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-8149-3Published: 20 August 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-77101-4Published: 25 November 2010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 565
Topics: Animal Ecology, Invertebrates, Animal Biochemistry, Behavioral Sciences, Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Neurobiology