Naphthalene disrupts pheromone induced mate search in the amphipod Corophium volutator (Pallas)

• Published in: Aquatic toxicology Vol. 85; no. 1; pp. 9 - 18
• Main Author: Krang, A.S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 15.11.2007; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Amphipoda; Amphipoda - chemistry; Amphipoda - drug effects; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Animals; Applied ecology; baltic sea; Biological and medical sciences; callinectes-sapidus; Chemical signals; Corophium volutator; crude-oil extract; Ecology; Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution; Effects of pollution and side effects of pesticides on protozoa and invertebrates; Ekologi; endocrine function; Environmental Exposure; Farmakologi och toxikologi; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Geologic Sediments - analysis; Male; mating behavior; melita-nitida smith; Naphthalene; Naphthalenes - toxicity; outboard engines; PAH; Pharmacology and Toxicology; Pheromone; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Reproductive behaviour; salmo-salar l; sediment contamination; Sex Attractants - physiology; sex pheromones; Sexual Behavior, Animal - drug effects; shrimp palaemon-adspersus; sublethal effects; surface sediments; Water Pollutants, Chemical - toxicity; water pollution; Sweden; Pheromone; Reproductive behaviour; Naphthalene; Chemical signals; PAH; Corophium volutator; Chemical communication; Amphipoda; Crustacea; Persistent organic pollutant; Mating; Aquatic environment; Signal; Aromatic compound; Biological effect; Ecotoxicology; Hydrocarbon; Perturbation; Polycyclic aromatic compound; Breeding behavior; Arthropoda; Fuel; Sex partner; Pollutant effect; Invertebrata; Mate searching

Many crustaceans communicate with pheromones during mating. In the infaunal amphipod Corophium volutator (Pallas), females release gender-specific waterborne pheromones that guide males in their search for receptive burrowed females. Pollutants that affect the pheromone release or impair the ability...