Sensory and Chemical Ecology Group

Mechanisms of mate detection and choice in the clam worm Nereis succinea (Polychaeta)
(funded by HERI)

Preliminary data

PIs: Thomas Breithaupt, Joerg D. Hardege, Cock van Oosterhout

Identification of a crustacean sex pheromone
(funded by NERC Small Grant)
Ralf Bublitz
PIs: Joerg D Hardege, Thomas Breithaupt
PROJECT SUMMARY

Chemical Communication in Crayfish
(funded by a NERC fellowship and the Royal Society)
PI: Thomas Breithaupt
PROJECT SUMMARY

Interspecificity of chemical communication between invading American and native European lobsters
(funded by NERC Small Grant)
PIs: Thomas Breithaupt, Joerg D Hardege
Collaborators:
- Malin Skog, Eric Hallberg (University of Lund, Sweden)
- Gro I. van der Meeren (Institute of Marine Research, Austevoll, Norway)
- Arani Chandrapavan (University of Tasmania, Australia)
PROJECT SUMMARY

Bioassay-driven purification of pheromones mediating mate choice in guppies (Poecilia reticulata) and species-recognition in a Lake Malawi cichlids (Pseudotropheus emmiltos and P. fainzilberi)
(funded by British Council)

PIs: Thomas Breithaupt, Cock van Oosterhout,
Eduardo N. Barata, Peter C. Hubbard (University of the Algarve, Faro, Portugal)

Collaborators: Martin Plenderleith, George F. Turner, Joerg D. Hardege