| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 291 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Chemical ecology in aquatic systems : an introduction / Christer Brönmark and Lars-Anders Hansson -- Aquatic odour dispersal fields : opportunities and limits of detection, communication, and navigation / Jelle Atema -- Information conveyed by chemical cues / Eric von Elert -- Pheromones mediating sex and dominance in aquatic animals / Thomas Breithaupt and Jörg D. Hardege -- Chemical signals and kin biased behaviour / Gabriele Gerlach and Cornelia Hinz -- The use of chemical cues in habitat recognition and settlement / Gabriele Gerlach and Jelle Atema -- Migration and navigation / Ole B. Stabell -- Death from downstream : chemosensory navigation and predator-prey processes / Marc Weissburg -- The taste of predation and the defences of prey / Linda Weiss, Christian Laforsch, and Ralph Tollrian -- The evolution of alarm substances and disturbance cues in aquatic animals / Douglas P. Chivers, Grant E. Brown, and Maud C.O. Ferrari -- Scaling up infochemicals : ecological consequences of chemosensory assessment of predation risk / Andrew M. Turner and Scott D. Peacor -- Neuroecology of predator-prey interactions / Charles D. Derby and Richard K. Zimmer -- Why is the jack of all trades a master of none? : studying the evolution of inducible defences in aquatic systems / Ulrich K. Steiner and Josh R. Auld -- How to explore the sometimes unusual chemistry of aquatic defence chemicals / Georg Pohnert -- Allelochemical interactions among aquatic primary producers / Elisabeth M. Gross, Catherine Legrand, Karin Rengefors, and Urban Tillmann -- Chemical defences against herbivores / Henrik Pavia, Finn Baumgartner, Gunnar Cervin, Swantje Enge, Julia Kubanek, Göran M. Nylund, Erik Selander, J. Robin Svensson, and Gunilla B. Toth -- Chemical defences against predators / Cynthia Kicklighter -- Infodisruption : pollutants interfering with the natural chemical information conveyance in aquatic systems / Miquel Lürling -- Aquatic chemical ecology : new directions and challenges for the future / Christer Brönmark and Lars-Anders Hansson |
| Summary |
In recent years it has become increasingly clear that chemical interactions play a fundamental role in aquatic habitats and have far-reaching evolutionary and ecological consequences. A plethora of studies have shown that aquatic organisms from most taxa and functional groups respond to minute concentrations of chemical substances released by other organisms. However, our knowledge of this ""chemical network"" is still negligible. Chemical interactions can be divided into two largersub-areas based on the function of the chemical substance. First, there are interactions where chemical substance |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Aquatic ecology.
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Chemical ecology.
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Marine chemical ecology.
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NATURE -- Ecology.
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NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness.
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SCIENCE -- Environmental Science.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology.
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Aquatic ecology
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Chemical ecology
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Marine chemical ecology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Brönmark, Christer, editor
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Hansson, Lars-Anders, editor
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| ISBN |
9780191624162 |
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0191624160 |
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