Sensory Reception in Crustacean Zooplankton

本研究的目的是表征机械传感器 对哲水蚤桡足类的第一触角，并评估其 对猎物和捕食者检测的重要性。 行为和 形态学分析表明，机械感受可能 对于浮游桡足类来说， 回避和配偶识别。 然而， 桡足类的生理学研究还没有。 严博士和 夏威夷大学的合作者将联合收割机 桡足类生态学和甲壳类神经生理学方面的专门知识， 研究桡足类的感知能力 生理学，并将感官生理学与 关于生态的数据。 本项目的基本目标 为： 1. 为了表征对量化的生理反应， 机械刺激 2. 为了将生理数据与外部 传感器的内部形态。 3. 为了确定种内生理差异， 属性，并将其与物种生态学的差异联系起来。 4. 测量对机械刺激的行为反应， 将这些与生理特性和物种联系起来， 生态

The goal of this research is to characterize the mechanosensors on the first antenna of calanoid copepods and evaluate their importance for prey and predator detection. Behavioral and morphological analyses have indicated that mechanoreception may be critical to pelagic copepods for prey detection, predator avoidance and mate recognition. Yet mechanoreception in copepods has not been studied physiologically. Dr. Yen and collaborators at the University of Hawaii will combine expertise in copepod ecology and crustacean neurophysiology to investigate the sensory capabilities of copepods physiologically, and to integrate the sensory physiology with data on their ecology. The basic objectives of this project are: 1. To characterize the physiological responses to quantified mechanical stimuli. 2. To relate the physiological data to the external and internal morphology of the sensors. 3. To determine intraspecific differences in physiological properties and relate these to differences in species ecology. 4. To measure behavioral responses to mechanical stimuli and relate these to the physiological properties and the species ecology.