Growth-related Migration of the Ilntertidal Snail, Monodonta labio (Linné) (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia), on a Rocky Shore of the Pacific Coast of Central Japan

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  • Iijima Akiko
    Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Toho University
  • Furota Toshio
    Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Toho University

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  • Growth-related Migration of the Ilntertidal Snail, Monodonta labio (Linné) (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia), on a Rocky Shore of the Pacific Coast of Central Japan

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Monodonta labio (Linné) is a common species on intertidal rocky shores along the Pacific coast of the Boso Peninsula, Honshu, Japan. The study area for this research consisted of bed-rock and cobble-field habitats. Seasonal changes in size distribution in these two habitats, including juveniles, were investigated from April, 1989 to April, 1991. These results showed that small snails concentrated in the cobble-fields, and larger individuals on the bed-rock. To determine the cause of this difference in size distribution, mark-recapture experiments were conducted from April, 1990 to April, 1991. Juvenile snails were shown to recruit only in the cobble-fields, and larger snails more than about 5 mm to migrate from the cobble-fields to bed-rock, mainly during late autumn to winter. This growth-related migration may be an adaptive strategy for utilizing a rocky shore with a variety of microhabitats.

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  • BENTHOS RESEARCH

    BENTHOS RESEARCH 51 (1), 27-37, 1996

    JAPANESE ASSOCIATION OF BENTHOLOGY

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  • CRID
    1390282680456989696
  • NII Article ID
    130004997493
  • DOI
    10.5179/benthos1996.51.1_27
  • ISSN
    18838901
    02894548
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    en
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