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Physiological and agonistic behavioural response of Procambarus clarkii to an acoustic stimulus

Maria Alessandra DamianoFrancesco FiliciottoSalvatore MazzolaMonica CeliStefania D’angeloGiuseppa BuscainoAngela CuttittaMirella VazzanaDaniela Parrinello

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Blood GlucoseFish ProteinsMaleHemocytesSound SpectrographyPhysiologyVideo RecordingCell CountAstacoideaAquatic ScienceStimulus (physiology)Animal scienceHemolymphAgonistic behaviourAnimalsHSP70 Heat-Shock ProteinsHabituationMolecular BiologyEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsVideo recordingProcambarus clarkiibiologyHemagglutinationOsmolar ConcentrationAnatomyacoustic stress agonistic behaviour physiological response red swamp crayfish.biology.organism_classificationCrayfishAcoustic StimulationInsect ScienceFemaleAnimal Science and ZoologyRabbitsAgonistic Behavior

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Summary 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 6 groups (3 control and 3 test groups) of five adult crayfish (30 specimens in total). After one hour of habituation, the behaviour of the crayfish was monitored for two hours. During the second hour, the animals in the test groups were exposed to a linear sweep (frequency range 0.1-25 kHz; peak amplitude 148 dBrms re 1 µPa at 12 kHz) acoustic stimulus for 30 minutes. Exposure to the noise produced significant variations in haemato-immunological parameters as well as a reduction in agonistic behaviour.

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2012-11-06Journal of Experimental Biology
https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.078865