Chemical Communication in Crustaceans

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Breithaupt, Thomas (Editor), Thiel, Martin (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2011.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Behavioral sciences.; Biochemistry.; Animal ecology.; Aquatic ecology.; Invertebrates.; Neurobiology.; Life Sciences.; Animal Ecology.; Animal Biochemistry.; Behavioral Sciences.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.

Crustaceans are ecologically and economically important. They are fished and farmed extensively for food and are model organisms for scientific research. However, as invasive species, some crustaceans also threaten native communities world-wide. Social interactions of these primarily aquatic inverte...