Pheromonal communication in nereids and the likely intervention by petroleum derived pollutants

Muller, C. T.; Priesnitz, F. M.; Beckmann, Manfred

Pheromonal communication in nereids and the likely intervention by petroleum derived pollutants

2009

Muller, C. T. | Priesnitz, F. M. | Beckmann, Manfred

Nereis succinea and Platynereis dumerilii (Annelida, Polychaeta) are broadcast spawners and reproduce semelparously. The final events in reproduction, swarming and spawning are co-ordinated by sex pheromones. A water-soluble fraction of crude oil, the volatile fraction (C9—C16) of EKO FISK crude oil was found to induce release of gametes in male nereids at levels

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Muller, C. T., Priesnitz, F. M., Beckmann, M. (2005). Pheromonal communication in nereids and the likely intervention by petroleum derived pollutants. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 45, (1), 189-193.

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