Chemical Communication in Crustaceans / Edition 1

by Thomas Breithaupt, Martin Thiel

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780387771007
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	11/25/2010
Edition description:	2011
Pages:	565
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.40(d)

Table of Contents

Part I Introductory Section

1 Chemical Communication in Crustaceans: Research Challenges for the Twenty-First Century Martin Thiel Thomas Breithaupt 3

2 Pheromones and Behavior Tristram D. Wyatt 23

Part II General Overview of Signal Characteristics and Reception

3 Crustaceans as Powerful Models in Aquatic Chemical Ecology Mark E. Hay 41

4 Waterborne Chemical Communication: Stimulus Dispersal Dynamics and Orientation Strategies in Crustaceans Marc J. Weissburg 63

5 Hydrodynamics of Sniffing by Crustaceans Mimi A.R. Koehl 85

6 Chemosensory Sensilla in Crustaceans Eric Hallberg Malin Skog 103

7 Neuronal Processing of Chemical Information in Crustaceans Manfred Schmidt DeForest Mellon, Jr. 123

8 The Neural and Behavioral Basis of Chemical Communication in Terrestrial Crustaceans Bill S. Hansson Steffen Harzsch Markus Knaden Marcus Stensmyr 149

Part III Chemical Communication and Behavior

9 Chemical Communication Between Copepods: Finding the Mate in a Fluid Environment Jeannette Yen Rachel Lasley 177

10 Chemical Communication in Peracarid Crustaceans Martin Thiel 199

11 Mantis Shrimp: Olfactory Apparatus and Chemosensory Behavior Kristina Mead Roy Caldwell 219

12 Chemical Communication in Lobsters Juan Aggio Charles D. Derby 239

13 Chemical Communication in Crayfish Thomas Breithaupt 257

14 Chemical Communication in Decapod Shrimps: The Influence of Mating and Social Systems on the Relative Importance of Olfactory and Contact Pheromones Raymond T. Bauer 277

15 Chemical Ecology and Social Behavior of Anomura Francesca Gherardi Elena Tricarico 297

16 Deception in Visual and Chemical Communication in Crustaceans John H. Christy Dan Rittschof 313

17 Chemical Communication in a Multimodal Context Eileen A. Hebets Aaron Rundus 335

18 Chemical Cuses and Reducing the Risk of Predation Brian A. Hazlett 355

Part IV Towards Identification of Chemical Signals

19 Identification of Crustacean Sex Pheromones Joerg D. Hardege John A. Terschak 373

20 Approaches to a Molecular Identification of Sex Pheromones in Blue Crabs Michiya Kamio Charles D. Derby 393

21 The Crustacean Endocrine System and Pleiotropic Chemical Messengers Ernest S. Chang 413

22 Toward a Characterization of the Chemical Cue to Barnacle Gregariousness Anthony S. Clare 431

23 Contact Chemoreception and Its Role in Zooplankton Mate Recognition Terry Snell 451

24 A Review of Research in Fish Pheromones Yu-Wen Chung-Davidson Mar Huertas Weiming Li 467

Part V Applied Aspects

25 Chemical Communication and Aquaculture of Decapod Crustaceans: Needs, Problems, and Possible Solutions Assaf Barki Clive Jones Ilan Karplus 485

26 Effects of Pollutants on Olfactory Mediated Behaviors in Fish and Crustaceans K. Håkan Olsén 507

27 Insect Pheromones: Useful Lessons for Crustacean Pheromone Programs? Thomas C. Baker 531

Index 551

Editorial 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)

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