Screen LibraryChemical ecology in aquatic systems /
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| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xix, 291 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780199583102 (pbk.) : 0199583102 (pbk.) 9780199583096 0199583099 |
| Index Number: | QH541 |
| CLC: | Q178.1 |
| Call Number: | Q178.1/C517 |
| Contents: |
Chemical ecology in aquatic systems : an introduction / Aquatic odour dispersal fields : opportunities and limits of detection, communication, and navigation / Information conveyed by chemical cues / Pheromones mediating sex and dominance in aquatic animals / Chemical signals and kin biased behaviour / use of chemical cues in habitat recognition and settlement / Migration and navigation / Ole B. Stabell -- Death from downstream : chemosensory navigation and predator-prey processes / taste of predation and the defences of prey / evolution of alarm substances and disturbance cues in aquatic animals / Scaling up infochemicals : ecological consequences of chemosensory assessment of predation risk / Neuroecology of predator-prey interactions / Why is the jack of all trades a master of none? : studying the evolution of inducible defences in aquatic systems / How to explore the sometimes unusual chemistry of aquatic defence chemicals / Allelochemical interactions among aquatic primary producers / Chemical defences against herbivores / Chemical defences against predators / Infodisruption : pollutants interfering with the natural chemical information conveyance in aquatic systems / Aquatic chemical ecology : new directions and challenges for the future / |