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Title: | Physiological and whole-body correlates of contest behaviour in the hermit crab Pagurus bernhardus | ||||||
Author: | Mowles, Sophie Lilian |
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0000 0004 2669 6018
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Awarding Body: | University of Plymouth | ||||||
Current Institution: | University of Plymouth | ||||||
Date of Award: | 2009 | ||||||
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The series of experiments that comprise this thesis used shell fights in the hermit crab Pagurus hernhardus as a model system to address the proximate physiological and whole-organism correlates of contest behaviour. These correlates of fighting ability rangec from the metal ions magnesium (Mg ) and calcium (Ca ), through respiratory pigments and muscular proteins to whole-organism performance capacities and behavioural syndromes. The work presented here thus demonstrates that a suite of physiological and whole organism variables influence contest behaviour in hermit crabs, and that both aerobic and performance capacities are very important in determining agonistic success.
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Supervisor: | Not available | Sponsor: | Not available | ||||
Qualification Name: | Thesis (Ph.D.) | Qualification Level: | Doctoral | ||||
EThOS ID: | uk.bl.ethos.497746 | DOI: | Not available | ||||
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