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Behavioral responses ofLittoraria irrorata (SAY) to water-borne odors.

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Duval, MA; Calzetta, AM; Rittschof, D
Published in: Journal of chemical ecology
December 1994

Behavioral responses of the gastropod molluscLittoraria (=Littorina)irrorata indicate that it can discriminate among environmental odors. Snails were assayed for responses to 11 odors from plants and animals potentially representing food, shelter, location in the environment, and predators. Crushed conspecifics were included as an alarm odor. Except for odor of crushed conspecifics, all odor sources were water-borne from living intact organisms. Behavioral responses were categorized as no response, positive response, or negative response. For some analyses, negative responses were subdivided into withdrawing and turning responses. Snails responded positively to several plant odors. They did not respond to odors of intact conspecifics, fiddler crabs, or grass shrimp. They responded negatively to odors of a plant found at the upper limit of their minimal habitat, predatory blue crabs, crushed conspecifics, predatory gastropods, and ribbed mussels. Odors of blue crabs on different diets affect the type of negative response the snails display.

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Journal of chemical ecology

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EISSN

1573-1561

ISSN

0098-0331

Publication Date

December 1994

Volume

20

Issue

12

Start / End Page

3321 / 3334

Related Subject Headings

  • Entomology
  • 41 Environmental sciences
  • 34 Chemical sciences
  • 31 Biological sciences
  • 06 Biological Sciences
  • 05 Environmental Sciences
  • 03 Chemical Sciences
 

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Duval, M. A., Calzetta, A. M., & Rittschof, D. (1994). Behavioral responses ofLittoraria irrorata (SAY) to water-borne odors. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 20(12), 3321–3334. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02033729
Duval, M. A., A. M. Calzetta, and D. Rittschof. “Behavioral responses ofLittoraria irrorata (SAY) to water-borne odors.Journal of Chemical Ecology 20, no. 12 (December 1994): 3321–34. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02033729.
Duval MA, Calzetta AM, Rittschof D. Behavioral responses ofLittoraria irrorata (SAY) to water-borne odors. Journal of chemical ecology. 1994 Dec;20(12):3321–34.
Duval, M. A., et al. “Behavioral responses ofLittoraria irrorata (SAY) to water-borne odors.Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 20, no. 12, Dec. 1994, pp. 3321–34. Epmc, doi:10.1007/bf02033729.
Duval MA, Calzetta AM, Rittschof D. Behavioral responses ofLittoraria irrorata (SAY) to water-borne odors. Journal of chemical ecology. 1994 Dec;20(12):3321–3334.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of chemical ecology

DOI

EISSN

1573-1561

ISSN

0098-0331

Publication Date

December 1994

Volume

20

Issue

12

Start / End Page

3321 / 3334

Related Subject Headings

  • Entomology
  • 41 Environmental sciences
  • 34 Chemical sciences
  • 31 Biological sciences
  • 06 Biological Sciences
  • 05 Environmental Sciences
  • 03 Chemical Sciences