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Article: Can a scavenging gastropod with a mussel conspecific diet induce anti-predator defence in the mussel Perna viridis?

TitleCan a scavenging gastropod with a mussel conspecific diet induce anti-predator defence in the mussel Perna viridis?
Authors
KeywordsAntipredator defense
Gastropod
Predation risk
Scavenging (feeding)
Babylonia lutosa
Issue Date2011
PublisherElsevier BV. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jembe
Citation
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 2011, v. 401 n. 1-2, p. 85-88 How to Cite?
AbstractThis study investigated whether a mussel predator (the swimming crab Thalamita danae) and a scavenger (the gastropod Babylonia lutosa) could induce anti-predator response in the green-lipped mussel Perna viridis by chemical means. The crabs and gastropods had been either starved or recently fed with the mussels. We examined the number, diameter, length and volume of byssus threads produced by the mussels in order to compare the intensity of anti-predator responses when they were exposed to different stimuli. Our results showed that the mussels produced a significantly larger volume of byssus threads when they were exposed to a crab that had recently consumed conspecifics than the mussels in the control group. The starved crab had a weak effect on increasing the number, length, diameter and volume of byssus threads. Furthermore, the scavenging gastropods failed to increase byssus thread production in the mussels, no matter they had been starved or consumed conspecifics. Indeed, byssus thread production is energetically costly. It would be maladaptive for the mussels to increase byssus thread production in response to a low predation risk presented by a scavenger. © 2011 Elsevier B.V.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/138064
ISSN
2023 Impact Factor: 1.8
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.630
ISI Accession Number ID
Funding AgencyGrant Number
City University of Hong Kong7002479
Funding Information:

The work described in this paper was fully supported by a strategic research grant (project no. 7002479) from the City University of Hong Kong. [SS]

 

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dc.contributor.authorChiu, JMYen_US
dc.contributor.authorShin, PKSen_US
dc.contributor.authorYang, FYen_US
dc.contributor.authorCheung, SGen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-26T14:39:36Z-
dc.date.available2011-08-26T14:39:36Z-
dc.date.issued2011en_US
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 2011, v. 401 n. 1-2, p. 85-88en_US
dc.identifier.issn0022-0981en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/138064-
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated whether a mussel predator (the swimming crab Thalamita danae) and a scavenger (the gastropod Babylonia lutosa) could induce anti-predator response in the green-lipped mussel Perna viridis by chemical means. The crabs and gastropods had been either starved or recently fed with the mussels. We examined the number, diameter, length and volume of byssus threads produced by the mussels in order to compare the intensity of anti-predator responses when they were exposed to different stimuli. Our results showed that the mussels produced a significantly larger volume of byssus threads when they were exposed to a crab that had recently consumed conspecifics than the mussels in the control group. The starved crab had a weak effect on increasing the number, length, diameter and volume of byssus threads. Furthermore, the scavenging gastropods failed to increase byssus thread production in the mussels, no matter they had been starved or consumed conspecifics. Indeed, byssus thread production is energetically costly. It would be maladaptive for the mussels to increase byssus thread production in response to a low predation risk presented by a scavenger. © 2011 Elsevier B.V.-
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherElsevier BV. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jembe-
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecologyen_US
dc.subjectAntipredator defense-
dc.subjectGastropod-
dc.subjectPredation risk-
dc.subjectScavenging (feeding)-
dc.subjectBabylonia lutosa-
dc.titleCan a scavenging gastropod with a mussel conspecific diet induce anti-predator defence in the mussel Perna viridis?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.openurlhttp://library.hku.hk:4550/resserv?sid=HKU:IR&issn=0022-0981&volume=401&issue=1-2&spage=85&epage=88&date=2011&atitle=Can+a+scavenging+gastropod+with+a+mussel+conspecific+diet+induce+anti-predator+defence+in+the+mussel+Perna+viridis?en_US
dc.identifier.emailChiu, JMY: jillchiu@hku.hken_US
dc.identifier.emailCheung, SG: bhsgche@cityu.edu.hk-
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dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jembe.2011.02.042-
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