Peter Fraser

Research output

Research output per year 1974 1990 2001 2002 2009 2010

• 40 Article
• 11 Chapter
• 3 Abstract
• 2 Unpublished paper
• 4 More
  • 1 Book
  • 1 Published conference contribution
  • 1 Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
  • 1 Patent

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2010

  Maps and compasses

  Fraser, P., 27 Sept 2010, Encyclopedia of Animal Behaviour. Breed, M. D. & Moore, J. (eds.). London, UK: Elsevier, Vol. 1. p. 375-380 6 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary

• Pressure sensing: depth densors and depth usage

  Fraser, P., Jan 2010, Comparative High Pressure Biology. Sebert, P. (ed.). Enfield, New Hampshire, USA: Science Publishers, p. 143-160 18 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• 2009

  Do crabs have rights?

  Fraser, P., 12 Jul 2009, In: New Scientist. 203, 2716, p. 24-25 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • crabs 100%
  • invertebrates 87%
  • Octopodidae 68%
  • lobsters 60%
  • laws and regulations 53%

• Apparatus for Variable Cycling the Water Depth in a Tank

  Fraser, P. & Smith, L., 2009

  Research output: Patent

• Gravitational Physiology of Crabs

  Fraser, P. J., 2009, In: The Journal of Physiological Sciences. 59, Suppl. 1, p. 98-98 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Abstract › peer-review

  • Acceleration 100%
  • Semicircular Canals 52%
  • Vertebrates 36%
  • Sharks 29%
  • Hydrostatic Pressure 26%

• Transient and tonic signals from depth receptors in crabs and sharks

  Fraser, P. & Smith, L., 2009.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Unpublished paper
• 2008

  Chairman's Introduction to RIN08

  Fraser, P. J., 2008, Proceedings of the Royal Institute of Navigation RIN08. p. 1-4 4 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

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• Depth: A forgotten dimension

  Fraser, P. J. & Smith, L., 2008, Proceedings of the Royal Institute of Navigation. p. 32.1-32.7 7 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• 2006

  Review: Depth, navigation and orientation in crabs: Angular acceleration, gravity and hydrostatic pressure sensing during path integration

  Fraser, P. J., 2006, In: Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology. 39, 2, p. 87-97

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  17 Citations (Scopus)
• 2005

  Balancing crabs, depth reception and zero gravity. Abstracts 2005 P91

  Fraser, P. J., 2005.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract

• Sensory mechanisms involved in path integration in the crab: association of angular acceleration, gravity and hydrostatic pressure information

  Fraser, P. J., 2005.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract
• 2004

  Effects of gravity, hypergravity and microgravity on vestibular neurones of the crab

  Fraser, P. J., Araujo, R., Alferez, D., Carneiro, M. J. & Pollard, M., 2004, In: Journal of Gravitational Physiology. 11, 2, p. P1-P4

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  5 Citations (Scopus)

• From balancing crabs to depth reception and zero g

  Fraser, P. J., 2004, In: International Society for Neuroethology Newsletter. p. 8-9

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2003

  Crabs in space

  Fraser, P. J., 2003, In: Planet Earth. p. 20-22

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Hydrostatic pressure effects on vestibular hair cell afferents in fish and crustacean

  Fraser, P. J., Cruickshank, S. F. & Shelmerdine, R., 2003, In: Journal of Vestibular Research-Equilibrium & Orientation. 13, 4-6, p. 235-242

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  19 Citations (Scopus)
• 2002

  Effects of gravity and hydrostatic pressure on angular acceleration coding sensory neurones in the crab and dogfish

  Fraser, P. J., Shelmerdine, R., Findlay, R. F., Cruickshank, S. F., MacDonald, A. G., Tawse, L. & Taylor, G. G., 2002, Proceedings of "life in space for life on earth": 8th European Symposium on Life Sciences Research in Space, 23rd Annual International Gravitational Physiology Meeting, 2 - 7 June 2002, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Warmbein, B. (ed.). Noordwijk, Netherlands: ESA Publications Division, Vol. 501. p. 269-270

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Published conference contribution

  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Effects of gravity and hydrostatic pressure on angular acceleration coding sensory neurones in the crab and dogfish

  Fraser, P. J., Shelmerdine, R., Findlay, R. F., Cruickshank, S. F., MacDonald, A. G., Tawse, L. & Taylor, G. G., 2002, In: Journal of Gravitational Physiology. 9, 1, p. 49-50

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Fish physiology: Dogfish hair cells sense hydrostatic pressure

  Fraser, P. J. & Shelmerdine, R., 2002, In: Nature. 415, p. 495-496

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  43 Citations (Scopus)

• Statocysts and statocyst control of motor pathways in crayfish and crabs

  Fraser, P. J. & Takahata, M., 2002, Crustacean Experimental Systems in Neurobiology. Wiese, K. (ed.). Berlin: Springer-Verlag, p. 89-108 20 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• 2001

  Hydrostatic pressure drives neural responses in shallow and deep crustacea

  Fraser, P. J., MacDonald, A. G. & Steinberg, D., 2001, In: Journal of Navigation. p. 17.1-17.7

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Hydrostatic pressure modulates neural activity in the mysid Praunus flexuosus (Muller)

  Cruickshank, S. F., Fraser, P. J. & MacDonald, A. G., 2001, In: Journal of Navigation. p. 2.1-2.6

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Integration of hydrostatic pressure information by identified interneurones in the crab Carcinus maenas (L.); long term recordings

  Fraser, P. J., MacDonald, A. G., Cruickshank, S. F. & Schraner, M. P., 2001, In: Journal of Navigation. 54, 1, p. 71-79

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  9 Citations (Scopus)

• Moonlight: a possible factor influencing temporal settlement of the scallops Aequipecten (=Chlamys) opercularis (L.) and Pecten maximus (L.)

  Nance, D. A. & Fraser, P., 2001, p. 176-179. 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Unpublished paper

  • bivalve 100%

• Odd Orientations and Multimodal Sensory Pathways

  Fraser, P. J., 2001, In: Journal of Navigation. p. 41.1-41.6

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Responses to interneurones in the crab, Carcinus, to rotation and hydrostatic pressure

  Fraser, P. J., Shelmerdine, R. & Taylor, G. G., 2001, In: British Neuroscience Association Abstracts. 24, 02

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Statocysts in Crabs: Short-Term Control of Locomotion and Long-Term Monitoring of Hydrostatic Pressure

  Fraser, P. J., 2001, In: BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN. 200, p. 155-159

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  12 Citations (Scopus)
• 1999

  The transduction of very small hydrostatic pressures

  MacDonald, A. G. & Fraser, P. J., 1999, In: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 122, p. 13-36

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  66 Citations (Scopus)
• 1995

  Low pressure hydrostatic pressure receptors in the crab Carcinus maenas (L.)

  Fraser, P. J., MacDonald, A. G. & Gibson, R., 1995, In: Medsubhyp International. 5, p. 59-68

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 1994

  Crab Hydrostatic-Pressure Sensors

  Fraser, P. J. & MacDonald, A. G., 1994, In: Nature. 371, 6496, p. 383-384

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  47 Citations (Scopus)
• 1993

  Ultrastructure and Prevalence of Cataracts in Wild Fish, Atlantic Salmon (SALMO-SALAR L)

  Fraser, P. J., 1993, In: Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 34, 4, p. 1064-1064

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 1991

  Effects of an Organophosphorus Cholinesterase Inhibitor on Fish Lens

  Fraser, P. J., Tomlinson, J. & Duncan, G., 1991, In: Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 32, 4, p. 1208-1208

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Effects of temperature on tilt evoked swimming in the crabs Carcinus and Macropipus

  Carter, T. J. & Fraser, P. J., 1991, In: Journal of Thermal Biology. 16, 6, p. 367-375

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Morphology and Physiology of the Mauthner Cell in Cod, Gadus-Morhua

  Huang, B. Q. & Fraser, P. J., 1991, In: Bulletin of the Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica. 30, 3, p. 229-238

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 1990

  Effects of temperature on statocyst afferents of the crab Carcinus Maenas

  Fraser, P. J., 1990, In: Journal of Thermal Biology. 15, 1, p. 25-31

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Equilibrium control by statocyst activated interneurons

  Fraser, P. J., 1990, Frontiers in Crustacean Neurobiology. Birkhauser, p. 187-192 (Advances in Life Sciences).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Introduction

  Fraser, P. J., 1990, Microcomputers in Physiology. Mir Publishers, p. 13-79

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Nuvan and Cataracts in Atlantic Salmon (SALMO-SALAR)

  Fraser, P. J., Duncan, G. & Tomlinson, J., 1990, In: Experimental Eye Research. 50, 4, p. 443-447

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  7 Citations (Scopus)
• 1989

  Effects of a cholineesterase inhibitor on salmon id lens

  Fraser, P. J., Duncan, G. & Tomlinson, J., 1989, In: Experimental Eye Research. 49, 2, p. 293-298

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  19 Citations (Scopus)

• Flash-evoked c-escape behaviour from free swimming codfish (Gadus Morhua)

  Huang, B. Q. & Fraser, P. J., 1989, In: Bulletin of the Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica. 28, 2, p. 97-106

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Vector coding and multiplicative gain control in the nervous system of the crab

  Fraser, P. J., 1989, New developments in neural computing. ADAM HILGER LTD, p. 95-102

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• 1988

  Introduction

  Fraser, P. J., 1988, Microcomputers in Physiology. IRL Press Limited, p. 1-51

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Microcomputers in Physiology

  Fraser, P. J., 1988, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 292 p. (The practical approach series)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book
• 1987

  Atlantic salmon Salmo salar L. feed in Scottish Coastal waters

  Fraser, P. J., 1987, In: Aquaculture and Fisheries Management. 18, p. 243-247

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  9 Citations (Scopus)

• Swimming patterns and the activity of identified equilibrium interneurons in the shore crab, Carcinus maenas

  Fraser, P. J., Bevengut, M. & Clarac, F., 1987, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 130, p. 305-330

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 1985

  Documenting the scientific computer revolution

  Fraser, P. J., 1985, In: Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 10, p. 374-375

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Microcomputers and Neurobiology

  Fraser, P. J., 1985, In: Computer Applications in the Biosciences: CABIOS. 1, 4, p. 219-224

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 1982

  A Microcomputer-Based Stimulator and Averager for Pseudo-Random Binary Sequence Analysis

  Fraser, P. J., 1982, In: The Journal of Physiology. 322, JAN, p. 3-4

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Pseudo-random binary sequence-analysis of crab rotation detector units

  Fraser, P. J., 1982, In: The Journal of Physiology. 322, JAN, p. 63-64

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Views on the nervous control of complex behaviour

  Fraser, P. J., 1982, Neural Integration and Behaviour. Academic Press, Vol. 4. p. 293-319 (The Biology of Crustacea).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• 1981

  Frequency characteristics of primary auditory neurons from the ear of the cod (Gadus morhua L.)

  Fraser, P. J., Horner, K. & Hawkins, A., 1981, Hearing and Sound Communication in Fishes. Springer , p. 223-241 (Proceedings in life sciences).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter