Date of Award
2011
Document Type
Dissertation/Thesis
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Wetterer, James
Abstract
Many aquatic organisms show alarm responses to chemical cues. For my thesis research, I tested whether two species of aquatic snail (one freshwater and one estuarine) show response to chemicals released by a crushed conspecific. I measured behavioral reaction of a freshwater snail and an estuarine snail species. I first tested the species from a freshwater pond, comparing the behavior of snail exposed to crushed snail extract with controls over a period of 24 h. In the first trial, significantly more snails climbed out of the water at the 8-h mark (χ2=8.86, p
Recommended Citation
Apap, Ian, "Alarm pheromones in aquatic snail species: schreckstoff and stuff" (2011). Harriet L Wilkes Honors College Theses 2010 - 2019. 34.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_honors_2/34
Extent
14 p.
Identifier
FA00003555
Comments
Includes bibliography.