title: Physiological and agonistic behavioural response of Procambarus clarkii to an acoustic stimulus.
abstract: This study examined the effects of an acoustic stimulus on the haemolymph and agonistic behaviour of the red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii. The experiment was conducted in a tank equipped with a video recording system using six groups (three control and three test groups) of five adult crayfish (30 specimens in total). After 1 h of habituation, the behaviour of the crayfish was monitored for 2 h. During the second hour, the animals in the test groups were exposed to a linear sweep (frequency range 0.1-25 kHz; peak amplitude 148 dB(rms) re. 1 μPa at 12 kHz) acoustic stimulus for 30 min. Exposure to the noise produced significant variations in haemato-immunological parameters as well as a reduction in agonistic behaviour.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Marine Immunobiology, Department of Environmental Biology and Biodiversity, Division of Animal Biology and Anthropology, University of Palermo, Via Archirafi 18, Palermo,  Italy.
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Celi
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Filiciotto
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Parrinello
authors.forename: Giuseppa
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Buscaino
authors.forename: Maria Alessandra
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Damiano
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cuttitta
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: D'Angelo
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mazzola
authors.forename: Mirella
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vazzana
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000378:Agonistic Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D003400:Astacoidea / Q000502:physiology*; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D002452:Cell Count; D005260:Female; D029941:Fish Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006384:Hemagglutination; D006434:Hemocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006458:Hemolymph / Q000166:cytology; D008297:Male; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D011817:Rabbits; D013018:Sound Spectrography; D014741:Video Recording
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D029941:Fish Proteins; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins