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Cue synergy in Littorina littorea navigation following wave dislodgement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2009

Coraline Chapperon  and
Laurent Seuront
Coraline Chapperon*
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia
Laurent Seuront
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia South Australian Research and Development Institute, Aquatic Sciences, West Beach SA 5022, Australia
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: C. Chapperon, School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Under the assumption that dislodged intertidal gastropods have developed some adaptations to return to their original habitat, we investigated the cues involved in the navigation ability of Littorina littorea, following a simulated wave-dislodgement. Return rates decreased by 2 and 4-fold in the absence of chemical cues at the surface of the sediment and the rock, respectively. The 19-fold decrease in return rates observed in the absence of both cues suggests their synergistic effect on L. littorea navigation. Chemoreception might be much more involved in the navigation and the survival of intertidal gastropods following wave dislodgement than previously thought.

Keywords

Littorina littoreadislodgementnavigationchemoreception
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 89 , Issue 6 , September 2009 , pp. 1133 - 1136
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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