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Main Title The effects of petroleum hydrocarbons on chemoreception and behavior in the Dungeness crab, Cancer magister /
Author Olla, Bori L. ; Pearson, W. H. ; Sugarman, P. C. ; Woodruff, D. L. ; Blaylock, J. W.
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Author Title of a Work
Pearson, Walter H.
CORP Author National Marine Fisheries Service, Highlands, NJ. Sandy Hook Lab.;Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Office of Environmental Engineering and Technology.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Year Published 1981
Report Number EPA 600/7-81-093
Stock Number PB82-116716
OCLC Number 10891281
Subjects Dungeness crab ; Dungeness crab--Effect of hydrocarbons on
Additional Subjects Toxicology ; Crude oil ; Hydrocarbons ; Behavior ; Chemoreceptors ; Sense organs ; Exposure ; Water pollution ; Crabs ; Sensitivity ; Cancer magister ; Water pollution effects(Animals) ; Toxic substances
Internet Access
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=20006QK4.PDF
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EHAM  QL444.M33O44 Region 1 Library/Boston,MA 04/29/2016
EJED  EPA 600/7-81/093 OCSPP Chemical Library/Washington,DC 02/11/2005
EKCD  EPA 600/7-81-093 CEMM/GEMMD Library/Gulf Breeze,FL 08/28/2018
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-7-81-093 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ERAD  EPA 600/7-81-093 Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA 02/19/2013
ESAD  EPA 600-7-81-093 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB82-116716 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation ix, 71 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Abstract
The behavior of Dungeness crabs, Cancer magister, was observed to determine not only whether oil exposure produced behavioral effects, but also whether crabs could change their behavior to mitigate any exposure effects. Dungeness crabs clearly detected the presence of petroleum hydrocarbons but did not avoid oil under all circumstances. The effects of oil exposure on chemoreception and feeding behavior in Dungeness crabs were determined after measuring the high sensitivity of the crabs to chemical food cues. After 24 h of continuous exposure to 0.3 mg/l of oil-contaminated water, the proportion of crabs showing changes in antennular behavior was significantly reduced. Within 1 hour after return to clean water the antennular response recovered. Field and laboratory experiments then examined how oiled sediment influenced predation on littleneck clams by Dungeness crabs. In field enclosures, crabs consumed more clams from oiled than clean sand. The potential difficulty in finding food due to chemosensory disruption by petroleum hydrocarbons was apparently offset by an oilinduced, change in prey behavior. To the extent that oiled sediment renders prey species more vulnerable to crab predation and crabs switch prey, harvesting of vulnerable prey by crabs would reduce their representation in the benthic fauna and produce ecological effects far different than those predicted from a series of conventional toxicity tests.
Notes
"July 1981." "EPA-600/7-81-093." Includes bibliographical references (pages 64-71).