FRINK Linked Data Fragments server

Matches in SemOpenAlex for { <https://semopenalex.org/work/W2020917234> ?p ?o ?g. }

• W2020917234 endingPage "137" @default.
• W2020917234 startingPage "129" @default.
• W2020917234 abstract "MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsTheme Sections MEPS 239:129-137 (2002) - doi:10.3354/meps239129 Functional and ecological aspects of the mucus trails of the intertidal prosobranch gastropod Littorina littorea M. Edwards*, Mark S. Davies Ecology Centre, University of Sunderland, Sunderland SR1 3SD, United Kingdom *Present address: CLSM, Porter Building, University of Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 7RU, UK. E-mail: m.edwards@ncl.ac.uk ABSTRACT: It has been suggested that some gastropods might utilise pedal mucus trails as a source of nutrition. Despite much work, there has been little attention on the ecological consequences of such a strategy. Here we aimed at determining the value of mucus trails to snails by investigating (1) snail reaction to naturally aged conspecific mucus trails and (2) the effect of starvation on trail-following behaviour. The mucus trails of Littorina littorea (L.) adhered microalgae in the laboratory but this ability began to diminish after the trails had been exposed on-shore for >1 tidal cycle. Natural floral components of trails were greatest for up to 4 tidal cycles of exposure and then began to diminish. If trails are to be used for foraging purposes, snails would gain most benefit by utilising them while relatively fresh. Correspondingly, snails readily responded to fresh mucus trails, but after 20 tidal cycles only 3 of 24 did so. As the mucus was still present we conclude that some unknown cue is present enabling snails to discriminate trails by their age. Despite previous work to the contrary, no evidence of preference for following trails in a particular direction was found and we conclude that trail following in our snails was not related to mate searching or the formation of aggregations. The starvation level of snails (up to 4 d) did not affect their foraging behaviour in the laboratory. However, snails followed the trails of starved snails for significantly shorter distances than those of fed snails, suggesting a coding of starvation level in the trail mucus. Choices about whether to trail follow may be based on how well fed a conspecific is and how old a trail is ‹ following a fresh trail would increase the likelihood of encountering a conspecific and may have a nutritional benefit if the trail is to be grazed. Previous work on trail following should be re-evaluated in the light of these findings. KEY WORDS: Trail following · Foraging · Mucus · Littorina littorea · Behaviour · Microalgae Full text in pdf format PreviousNextExport citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in MEPS Vol. 239. Online publication date: August 23, 2002 Print ISSN: 0171-8630; Online ISSN: 1616-1599 Copyright © 2002 Inter-Research." @default.
• W2020917234 created "2016-06-24" @default.
• W2020917234 creator A5024662949 @default.
• W2020917234 creator A5075341712 @default.
• W2020917234 date "2002-01-01" @default.
• W2020917234 modified "2023-09-26" @default.
• W2020917234 title "Functional and ecological aspects of the mucus trails of the intertidal prosobranch gastropod Littorina littorea" @default.
• W2020917234 cites W1502306185 @default.
• W2020917234 cites W1667227630 @default.
• W2020917234 cites W1972144080 @default.
• W2020917234 cites W1974311707 @default.
• W2020917234 cites W1974959881 @default.
• W2020917234 cites W1979241838 @default.
• W2020917234 cites W1981358848 @default.
• W2020917234 cites W1983248343 @default.
• W2020917234 cites W1988803663 @default.
• W2020917234 cites W1991256656 @default.
• W2020917234 cites W1995489161 @default.
• W2020917234 cites W1998290404 @default.
• W2020917234 cites W2022502881 @default.
• W2020917234 cites W2024403223 @default.
• W2020917234 cites W2032848426 @default.
• W2020917234 cites W2038696899 @default.
• W2020917234 cites W2040242043 @default.
• W2020917234 cites W2040804875 @default.
• W2020917234 cites W2042792779 @default.
• W2020917234 cites W2080915042 @default.
• W2020917234 cites W2084817021 @default.
• W2020917234 cites W2087155530 @default.
• W2020917234 cites W2094196009 @default.
• W2020917234 cites W2096364253 @default.
• W2020917234 cites W2125348270 @default.
• W2020917234 cites W2132522226 @default.
• W2020917234 cites W2143170196 @default.
• W2020917234 cites W2156690343 @default.
• W2020917234 cites W2184420984 @default.
• W2020917234 cites W2330436804 @default.
• W2020917234 cites W2338120464 @default.
• W2020917234 cites W2346874342 @default.
• W2020917234 cites W2512887437 @default.
• W2020917234 cites W28805563 @default.
• W2020917234 cites W3111769710 @default.
• W2020917234 doi "https://doi.org/10.3354/meps239129" @default.
• W2020917234 hasPublicationYear "2002" @default.
• W2020917234 type Work @default.
• W2020917234 sameAs 2020917234 @default.
• W2020917234 citedByCount "39" @default.
• W2020917234 countsByYear W20209172342012 @default.
• W2020917234 countsByYear W20209172342013 @default.
• W2020917234 countsByYear W20209172342014 @default.
• W2020917234 countsByYear W20209172342015 @default.
• W2020917234 countsByYear W20209172342017 @default.
• W2020917234 countsByYear W20209172342019 @default.
• W2020917234 countsByYear W20209172342020 @default.
• W2020917234 countsByYear W20209172342022 @default.
• W2020917234 countsByYear W20209172342023 @default.
• W2020917234 crossrefType "journal-article" @default.
• W2020917234 hasAuthorship W2020917234A5024662949 @default.
• W2020917234 hasAuthorship W2020917234A5075341712 @default.
• W2020917234 hasBestOaLocation W20209172341 @default.
• W2020917234 hasConcept C165287380 @default.
• W2020917234 hasConcept C174580923 @default.
• W2020917234 hasConcept C18903297 @default.
• W2020917234 hasConcept C2777312293 @default.
• W2020917234 hasConcept C2777952693 @default.
• W2020917234 hasConcept C2778325081 @default.
• W2020917234 hasConcept C2780252984 @default.
• W2020917234 hasConcept C505870484 @default.
• W2020917234 hasConcept C86803240 @default.
• W2020917234 hasConceptScore W2020917234C165287380 @default.
• W2020917234 hasConceptScore W2020917234C174580923 @default.
• W2020917234 hasConceptScore W2020917234C18903297 @default.
• W2020917234 hasConceptScore W2020917234C2777312293 @default.
• W2020917234 hasConceptScore W2020917234C2777952693 @default.
• W2020917234 hasConceptScore W2020917234C2778325081 @default.
• W2020917234 hasConceptScore W2020917234C2780252984 @default.
• W2020917234 hasConceptScore W2020917234C505870484 @default.
• W2020917234 hasConceptScore W2020917234C86803240 @default.
• W2020917234 hasLocation W20209172341 @default.
• W2020917234 hasOpenAccess W2020917234 @default.
• W2020917234 hasPrimaryLocation W20209172341 @default.
• W2020917234 hasRelatedWork W1972093126 @default.
• W2020917234 hasRelatedWork W2001107379 @default.
• W2020917234 hasRelatedWork W2015523157 @default.
• W2020917234 hasRelatedWork W2022968553 @default.
• W2020917234 hasRelatedWork W2027204963 @default.
• W2020917234 hasRelatedWork W2110364490 @default.
• W2020917234 hasRelatedWork W2143811329 @default.
• W2020917234 hasRelatedWork W2150607658 @default.
• W2020917234 hasRelatedWork W2334788781 @default.
• W2020917234 hasRelatedWork W2497072544 @default.
• W2020917234 hasVolume "239" @default.
• W2020917234 isParatext "false" @default.
• W2020917234 isRetracted "false" @default.
• W2020917234 magId "2020917234" @default.
• W2020917234 workType "article" @default.