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Science 13 July 1979:
Vol. 205. no. 4402, pp. 204 - 206
DOI: 10.1126/science.205.4402.204
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Olfaction: Responses of a Decapod Crustacean Are Enhanced by Flicking

BRIAN C. SCHMITT 1 and BARRY W. ACHE 2

1 Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton 33431
2 Whitney Marine Laboratory, University of Florida, St. Augustine 32084

Periodic movements of the olfactory organs, known as "flicking," temporally enhance the response of the olfactory receptors of the spiny lobster to changes in stimulus concentration. This reflex provides the lobster with a physiological mechanism to compensate for the indiscrete temporal nature of chemical stimuli.

Submitted on November 20, 1978
Revised on March 27, 1979


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