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Studies on the biology of limpets: II. The breeding of Patella vulgata L. in Britain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

J. H. Orton ,
A. J. Southward  and
J. M. Dodd
J. H. Orton
Affiliation:
From the Plymouth Laboratory and the Gatty Marine Laboratory, St Andrews
A. J. Southward
Affiliation:
From the Plymouth Laboratory and the Gatty Marine Laboratory, St Andrews
J. M. Dodd
Affiliation:
From the Plymouth Laboratory and the Gatty Marine Laboratory, St Andrews
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Some preliminary observations in North Cornwall (Orton, 1946) showed that the periods of breeding of the three British species of limpets were different. In order to determine these differences more accurately, and to study the breeding cycle, samples of limpets from six localities in Britain were examined at regular intervals for 5 years. This paper gives the results obtained for the common limpet Patella vulgata, which was present at all the localities sampled and was the most intensively studied of the three species. Later papers will deal with the remaining species and with other aspects of the investigations.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 35 , Issue 1 , February 1956 , pp. 149 - 176
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1956

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