Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/B/S/2002/00375
Interspecificity of chemical communication between invading American and native European lobsters.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr T Breithaupt, University of Hull, Biological Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr J Hardege, University of Hull, Biology
- Grant held at:
- University of Hull, Biological Sciences
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Overall Classification:
- Marine
- ENRIs:
- Pollution and Waste
- Natural Resource Management
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Environmental Physiology
- Population Ecology
- Community Ecology
- Behavioural Ecology
- Abstract:
- We will use the recent invasion of American lobsters into European waters as a model to study the mechanisms of species competition/displacement and the role of interspecific pheromone communication between Homarus americanus and H. gammarus. The comparison of urine signals (HPLC) between these species and dominant and subordinate animals will reveal individual, dominance (incl. biogenic amines) and possible species-specific differences. Bioassays will assess the response to heterospecific and conspecific urine signals of dominant lobsters and to biogenic amines. The behaviour of a mixed-species group of lobsters will be analysed in a large tank simulating the natural habitat to investigate if H. gammarus females are attracted to and mate with dominant H. americanus rather than subordinate H. gammarus giving the study broad ecological significance.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/B/S/2002/00375
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Small Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Small Grants
This grant award has a total value of £25,674
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £954 | £11,088 | £8,532 | £5,100 |
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