COUPLING OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENDOGENOUS FACTORS IN THE CONTROL OF RHYTHMIC BEHAVIOR IN DECAPOD CRUSTACEANS

Authors
ARECHIGA H RODRIGUEZSOSA L
Citation
H. Arechiga et L. Rodriguezsosa, COUPLING OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENDOGENOUS FACTORS IN THE CONTROL OF RHYTHMIC BEHAVIOR IN DECAPOD CRUSTACEANS, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 77(1), 1997, pp. 17-29
Citations number
65
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom → ACNP
ISSN journal
00253154
Volume
77
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
17 - 29
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-3154(1997)77:1<17:COEAEF>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Behavioural patterns of crustaceans are known to vary within the 24 ho ur cycle and in relation to environmental signals. Light and chemical stimuli induce specific behavioural responses. Retinal and extra-retin al photoreceptors use different motor responses to illumination select ively. Light responsiveness is modulated at various levels, from the l ight admittance to the retina, up to the integration in higher order i nterneurones and motorneurones. An endogenous circadian rhythmicity co ntributes to the various elements of the system.