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Algal associations of Tricolia pullus, Lacuna vincta and Cerithiopsis tubercularis (Gastropoda) with special reference to the settlement of their larvae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

V. Fretter  and
R. Manly
V. Fretter
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Reading
R. Manly
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Reading
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More than half of the species of British prosobranchs living intertidally have planktonic larvae. Settlement involves a positive response to certain factors which results in a speedy loss of structures fulfilling larval needs and the introduction of others associated with locomotion and feeding on the sea-bed (Fretter, 1972). Unless this response relates to the needs of the species, settlement could lead to mass mortality of larvae settling on unsuitable ground.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 57 , Issue 4 , November 1977 , pp. 999 - 1017
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1977

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