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Excretion of heptadecene-1 into lake water by swarms of Polyphemus pediculus (Crustacea).

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Wendel,  Thomas
Department Ecophysiology, Max Planck Institute for Limnology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Max Planck Society;

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Wendel, T., & Jüttner, F. (1997). Excretion of heptadecene-1 into lake water by swarms of Polyphemus pediculus (Crustacea). Freshwater Biology, 38(1), 203-207.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-000F-E22D-B
Abstract
1. In the littoral zone of a mesotrophic freshwater lake (Lake Selent, Northern Germany) much higher concentrations of heptadecene-1 were found within a swarm of Polyphemus pediculus than in lake water at some distance from the swarm. Polyphemus collected in the field produced large amounts of heptadecene-1 when exposed to osmotic shock. Other volatile compounds were not detected.

2. Heptadecene-1 could be involved in the formation, maintenance and recognition of swarms of Polyphemus. It is the first report of the release of a volatile organic compound from a freshwater crustacean.