Opportunistic suspension feeding in the intertidal gastropod Olivella columellaris and its implications for the regulation of tidal migrations

The gastropod Olivella columellaris inhabits sandy beaches of the Tropical East Pacific. These snails perform tidal migrations forcontinuous suspension feeding in the moving backwash zone, possibly controlled by an endogenous circatidal clock. However, O. columellaris readily modifies its circatidal...

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Hoofdauteurs: Morse, Aaron P, Peters, Winfried S
Formaat: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Taal:eng
Gepubliceerd in: Iniversidad Autónoma de Baja California 2016
Online toegang:https://www.cienciasmarinas.com.mx/index.php/cmarinas/article/view/2640
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Samenvatting:The gastropod Olivella columellaris inhabits sandy beaches of the Tropical East Pacific. These snails perform tidal migrations forcontinuous suspension feeding in the moving backwash zone, possibly controlled by an endogenous circatidal clock. However, O. columellaris readily modifies its circatidal behavior, for example when flow channels develop below natural and artificial tide pools at ebb tide. Suspension feeding  continues  in  such  channels  while  water  is  running,  delaying  tidal  migration.  Such  behavioral  plasticity  questions  the  significance  ofendogenous rhythms for the regulation of tidal migrations in O. columellaris.