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Effects of Feeding and of Chemical Stimulation on the Oxygen Uptake of Nassarius Reticulatus (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Mary Crisp ,
John Davenport  and
Sandra E. Shumway
Mary Crisp
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, The University, Dundee
John Davenport
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, The University, Dundee
Sandra E. Shumway
Affiliation:
N.E.R.C. Unit of Marine Invertebrate Biology, Marine Science Laboratories, Menai Bridge, Gwynedd
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Nassarius reticulatus, like most other members of the Nassariidae and Buccinidae, is a scavenger. It apparently relies on the rapid detection and location of a food supply which is intermittently and unpredictably available. The olfactory reactions of Nassarius species are well-adapted for finding dead or damaged animals (Copeland, 1918). Stimuli indicating the presence of food provoke an impressive increase in activity of most starved Nassarius (Dimon, 1905; Copeland, 1918). Recently-fed whelks, however, often fail to respond to the same stimuli (Crisp, in preparation).

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 58 , Issue 2 , May 1978 , pp. 387 - 399
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1978

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