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Water-borne stimuli released by predatory crabs and damaged prey induce more predator-resistant shells in a marine gastropod
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Individuals of the morphologically variable, rocky intertidal gastropod Thais (or Nucella ) lamellosa developed larger apertural teeth when held in the presence of the predatory crab Cancer productus than when held in its absence, regardless of whether snails were fed or not. In addition, among fed snails larger apertural teeth were produced in the presence of crabs fed conspecific snails than in the presence of crabs fed frozen fish. Because all snails were held in containers through which water flowed from physically separated aquaria holding the crabs, these results indicate that water-soluble chemical cues released by this predatory crab and by damaged conspecifics induced T. lamellosa to improve the defense effectiveness of their shells. Finally, when allowed access to food, snails exposed to these stimuli ate fewer barnacles and grew less than those in the controls.
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- Appleton, R. D., & Palmer, A. R.
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 1988-06
- Volume
- 85
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 4387-4391
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
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- W2165999897
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- 13.48
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- Language
- en
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- green
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