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Interindividual Trail Following by the Intertidal Patellid Limpet Cellana Toreuma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Keiji Iwasaki
Keiji Iwasaki
Affiliation:
Institute for Natural Science, Nara University, 1500 Misasagi-cho, Nara 631–8502, Japan
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Interindividual trail following by the patellid limpet Cellana toreuma was studied by field observations for more than ten successive days in the non-reproductive period. This behaviour was more frequent during spring tides than neap tides, when the limpets were moving longer distances in response to greater tidal amplitudes. Small individuals performed this behaviour with longer distances and higher frequencies than did larger individuals. Path analysis revealed that total distance moved during foraging excursions and mean resting site height had direct and indirect positive effects on the frequency of the interindividual trail following, respectively, and shell length and frequency of intraindividual trail following exerted a direct, negative effect.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 78 , Issue 3 , August 1998 , pp. 1019 - 1022
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1998

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