...Horst Onken; Sven Riestenpatt SUMMARY Split gill lamellae and gill cuticles of shore crabs ( Carcinus maenas ) adapted to 10 ‰ salinity were mounted in a modified Ussing-type chamber. With NaCl saline on both sides, split gill lamellae generated a short-circuit current ( I sc ) of –301±16 μA cm –2...

... the capacity to constrain the postures, gaits and speeds an animal can use. This study measured hydrodynamic forces on the amphibious shore crab Grapsus tenuicrustatus in aquatic and terrestrial postures. The crabs’ locomotory speeds and ambient water velocities in their habitat were considered in predicting...

...Lynne U. Sneddon; Alan C. Taylor; Felicity A. Huntingford; David G. Watson ABSTRACT To investigate the role of certain neurohormones in agonistic behaviour, fights were staged between pairs of size-matched male shore crabs Carcinus maenas , and blood samples were taken immediately after...

... 1997 ©The Company of Biologists Limited 1997 shore crab Carcinus maenas ventilation central pattern generator plateau potential The motor pattern that a central pattern generator (CPG) produces is determined by the synaptic interactions among, and intrinsic membrane...