1. Physiological and agonistic behavioural response of Procambarus clarkii to an acoustic stimulus.
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Celi, Monica, Filiciotto, Francesco, Parrinello, Daniela, Giuseppa Buscaino, Damiano, Maria Alessandra, Cuttitta, Angela, D'Angelo, Stefania, Mazzola, Salvatore, and Vazzana, Mirella
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PROCAMBARUS clarkii , *CRAYFISH , *AUDITORY adaptation , *AGONISM (Political science) , *HEMOLYMPH , *ANIMAL behavior - Abstract
This study examined the effects of an acoustic stimulus on the haemolymph and agonistic behaviour of the red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii. The experiment was conducted in a tank equipped with a video recording system using six groups (three control and three test groups) of five adult crayfish (30 specimens in total). After 1 h of habituation, the behaviour of the crayfish was monitored for 2h. During the second hour, the animals in the test groups were exposed to a linear sweep (frequency range 0.1-25kHz; peak amplitude l48dBrmsre. 1 μPa at 12kHz) acoustic stimulus for 30mm. Exposure to the noise produced significant variations in haemato-immunological parameters as well as a reduction in agonistic behaviour. Key words: acoustic stress. aaonistic behaviour. ohvsioloaical resoonse. red swamo crayfish [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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