ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES

This page will feature the key research articles found in my writing.

Comunication and Social Status

Doernberg, Sarah B., et al. “Agonistic Behavior in Naïve Juvenile Lobsters Depleted of Serotonin by 5,7-Dihydroxytryptamine - Journal of Comparative Physiology A.” SpringerLink, Springer-Verlag, March 2001, link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s003590000178.

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Sarah doernberg, UCSF Associate Professor, is a leading researcher in diagnosis and treatment of antibiotic resistant infections. She she co-authored “Agonistic behavior in naïve juvenile lobsters depleted of serotonin by 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine,” which was published in The Journal of physiology A. The study uses various groups of wild lobsters. Specifically, it looked at groups of lobsters given doses of anti serotonin. The study found an incredibly complex pattern of aggression and fighting behavior. Her reports are very well-cited. As such, this study is used to show how we are evolutionarily linked to these invertebrates. Ultimately, this study allows me to connect my other two studies by displaying relation to human emotion and behaviors. 

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Agonistic behavior 

Shabani, Shkelzen, et al. “Spiny Lobsters Use Urine-Borne Olfactory Signaling and Physical Aggressive Behaviors to Influence Social Status of Conspecifics.” The Company of Biologists, The Company of Biologists, 1 Aug. 2009, journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/212/15/2464/18436/Spiny-lobsters-use-urine-borne-olfactory-signaling.

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Zeni Shabani, Assisstant Professor of anatomy and physiology at Grand Valley State University, he is leading researcher in  genetic risks of drug use disorders and the associated neural substrates that influence specific aspects of drug use writing “Spiny lobsters use urine-borne olfactory signaling and physical aggressive behaviors to influence social status of conspecifics,” which was published in The Journal Of Experimental Biology, vol. 212, issue. 15. The study uses various groups of lobsters. The study measured the number of pulses of urine release and the duration of each, and the occurrence of aggressive and submissive behaviors. His reports are very well-cited. As such, this study is used to prove the chemical communication between lobsters. It is also useful in debunking the assumptions that are often made that lobsters are not conscious. Ultimately, this study allows me to interlink many subtopics such as social behavior in with communication.  

KeyStone Species 

Eddy, Tyler D., et al. “Lobsters as Keystone: Only in Unfished Ecosystems?” Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, 9 Jan. 2014, www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304380013005851.

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Taylor Eddy works for the Centre for Marine Environmental & Economic Research at the University of Wellington. He has written “Only in unfished ecosystems?,” which was published in Science Direct. The study looked at different fisheries globally to discover that they were contributing negatively towards the bio-mass of lobsters. It measured heavy fishing pressure, and corresponding changes in feeding behavior overtime. Ultimately, the study found that the fisheries were playing an important role in diminishing the population of lobsters thereby leaving many sea urchins populations to be left unattended. The reduction of lobster abundance by fisheries in these regions is therefore expected to have strong ecosystem impacts.

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