Chemical Communication in Crustaceans

• Part I. Introductory Section: General Introduction. Pheromones and behaviour - overview, definitions.- Part II. General Overview of Signal Characteristics and Reception: Finding the mate: Pheromone hydrodynamics and odour acquisition. Orientation to pheromone sources in turbulent plumes. Functional morphology of chemoreceptors. Olfaction and pheromone reception in crustaceans. Processing of chemical information in the crustacean brain. Beyond crustaceans: The nature of communication chemicals: their solubility and volatility, stability and specificity. Pheromone communication in aquatic and aerial environments.- Part III. Chemical Communication and Behaviour: Chemical communication in lobsters. Chemical communication in crayfish. Chemical modulation of aggressive interactions in stomatopods. Alarm substance and predator avoidance in crustaceans. Chemical communication in shrimp. Chemical communication in peracarid crustaceans. Chemical communication in anomurans. Chemical communication in terrestrial crustaceans. Chemical communication in copepods. Beyond crustaceans: Honest signals or deceit – how reliable are pheromones? Chemical communication in a multi-modal context.- Part IV. Towards Identification of Chemical Signals: Identification of a sex pheromone in decapod crustaceans. Chemical communication and hormones. Settlement cues of barnacles. Beyond crustaceans: A review of pheromone communication in fish.- Part V. Applied Aspects: The use of pheromones in integrated pest managements (IPM). Environmental contamination and effects on chemical communication. Principles of crustacean farming: Problems and solutions.

From the reviews: "This well-edited, multiauthored book reviews how crustaceans--mainly aquatic--orients to and communicates via chemical signals and cues and thus helps us understand the ocean's cryptic life. ... This volume will be of concern to anyone working with the chemical ecology of aquatic organisms as it represents steps toward deciphering the perceptive world of aquatic organisms and identifies future research avenues." (Thomas Kiorboe, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 87 (2), June, 2012)