Behavior of Marine Animals

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Orientation in Shore-Living Arthropods, Especially the Sand Fiddler Crab

   • William F. Herrnkind

   Pages 1-59

3. Acoustic Signalling and Detection by Semiterrestrial Crabs of the Family Ocypodidae

   • Michael Salmon, Kenneth W. Horch

   Pages 60-96

4. Ritualization in Marine Crustacea

   • Brian A. Hazlett

   Pages 97-125

5. Aggressive Behavior in Stomatopods and the use of Information theory in the Analysis of Animal Communication

   • Hugh Dingle

   Pages 126-156

6. Predatory Behavior of a Shell-Boring Muricid Gastropod

   • Melbourne R. Carriker, Dirk Van Zandt

   Pages 157-244

7. Back Matter

   Pages xix-xxix

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What have been brought together in these volumes are works represent­ ing a variety of modern quantitative studies on a select group of marine organisms. Some of the species studied here represent basic biological ex­ perimental subjects-in some cases, marine versions of the white rat and pigeon-that are being used for a wide range of studies. Other species studied were virtually unknown as experimental animals. The authors have studied their animals in considerable depth, often in both the field and the laboratory. It is this cross reference between real life and the artificial but controlled conditions of the laboratory which gives us the necessary understanding, and ultimately the means, for improving our rapidly deteriorating environment, a must for man's survival, maintenance, and improvement of the quality of living standards. A direct outgrowth of a AAAS symposium entitled "Recent Advances in the Behavior of Marine Organisms" held in December 1966, these vol­ umes include a reasonable balance between review and original unpublished research. Of the many persons who have made these volumes possible, we wish to especially thank Nancy Fish, Lois Winn, Mabel Trafford, and Deborah Brennan. The latter two accomplished most of the final editorial work. The personnel of Plenum Press were cooperative in all aspects of our rela­ tionship. Only the two editors are responsible for defects in the volumes. We believe the papers presented are significant and will be of importance to members of the scientific community.

• Crustacea
• animals
• arthropods
• environment
• fish
• growth
• insects
• predator
• symbiosis
• system

• Narragansett Marine Laboratory, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, USA

  Howard E. Winn

• U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service, North Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Research Center Laboratory for Environmental Relations of Fishes, Highlands, USA

  Bori L. Olla

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