Effects of Feeding and of Chemical Stimulation on the Oxygen Uptake of Nassarius Reticulatus (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)
- 11 May 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
- Vol. 58 (2) , 387-399
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s002531540002806x
Abstract
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).This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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