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Threshold for detection of naphthalene and other behavioral responses by the blue crab,Callinectes sapidus

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Using behavioral criteria developed in previous studies, the threshold concentration at which the blue crab,Callinectes sapidus, detected the petroleum hydrocarbon naphthalene was found to be 10−7 mg/l. Oriented locomotor activity and defensive displaying began at 2 mg/l of naphthalene. No feeding behavior was observed up to and including the maximum naphthalene concentration of 5 mg/l. Below 2 mg/l the blue crab apparently had no active behavioral response to naphthalene exposure other than detection.

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    Walter H. Pearson

  2. National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast Fisheries Center Sandy Hook Laboratory, U.S. Department of Commerce, 07732, Highlands, New Jersey

    Bori L. Olla

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Pearson, W.H., Olla, B.L. Threshold for detection of naphthalene and other behavioral responses by the blue crab,Callinectes sapidus . Estuaries 3, 224–229 (1980). https://doi.org/10.2307/1352073

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