Ecological, behavioural and biochemical studies of avoidance responses in sea-stars

Chemoreceptive avoidance behaviour amongst sea-stars was studied. The aim was description of the active chemicals, the specificity and the ecological function of the behaviour. Extracts of the predatory sun-star, Crossaster papposus, which elicited like the live animal, the escape of the common sea-...

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Main Author: Mayo, Paul
Published: University of Aberdeen 1975
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.593062