Lohmann Lab

Spiny Lobster Research

Introduction

Spiny Lobster Life Cycle

Homing Behavior

Lobster Migrations

Lobster Magnetic Compass

What is a Compass?

Undersea Magnetic Coil System

Experimental Methods

Results and Conclusions

Homing and True Navigation

Definition of True Navigation

Displacement Experiments

Results and Conclusions

Magnetic Positioning System

Magnetic Maps

Earth's Magnetic Field

Experimental Methods

Detection of Field Inclination

Mechanism of Magnetic Field Detection

Possible Magnetoreception Mechanisms

Magnetic Material in Lobsters

Last revised 9/17/2002