Article: Can a scavenging gastropod with a mussel conspecific diet induce anti-predator defence in the mussel Perna viridis?
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| Title | Can a scavenging gastropod with a mussel conspecific diet induce anti-predator defence in the mussel Perna viridis? | ||||
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| Authors | Chiu, JMY1 Shin, PKS2 Yang, FY2 Cheung, SG2 | ||||
| Keywords | Antipredator defense Gastropod Predation risk Scavenging (feeding) Babylonia lutosa | ||||
| Issue Date | 2011 | ||||
| Publisher | Elsevier 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?] DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2011.02.042 | ||||
| Abstract | This 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. | ||||
| ISSN | 0022-0981 2011 Impact Factor: 1.875 2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.096 | ||||
| DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2011.02.042 | ||||
| ISI Accession Number ID | WOS:000291172900012
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] |
| dc.contributor.author | Chiu, JMY | ||||
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| dc.contributor.author | Shin, PKS | ||||
| dc.contributor.author | Yang, FY | ||||
| dc.contributor.author | Cheung, SG | ||||
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-08-26T14:39:36Z | ||||
| dc.date.available | 2011-08-26T14:39:36Z | ||||
| dc.date.issued | 2011 | ||||
| dc.description.abstract | This 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.description.nature | Link_to_subscribed_fulltext | ||||
| dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 2011, v. 401 n. 1-2, p. 85-88 [How to Cite?] DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2011.02.042 | ||||
| dc.identifier.citeulike | 9156210 | ||||
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2011.02.042 | ||||
| dc.identifier.epage | 88 | ||||
| dc.identifier.hkuros | 190111 | ||||
| dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000291172900012
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] | ||||
| dc.identifier.issn | 0022-0981 2011 Impact Factor: 1.875 2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.096 | ||||
| dc.identifier.issue | 1-2 | ||||
| dc.identifier.openurl | | ||||
| dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-79955164330 | ||||
| dc.identifier.spage | 85 | ||||
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/138064 | ||||
| dc.identifier.volume | 401 | ||||
| dc.language | eng | ||||
| dc.publisher | Elsevier BV. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jembe | ||||
| dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology | ||||
| dc.subject | Antipredator defense | ||||
| dc.subject | Gastropod | ||||
| dc.subject | Predation risk | ||||
| dc.subject | Scavenging (feeding) | ||||
| dc.subject | Babylonia lutosa | ||||
| dc.title | Can a scavenging gastropod with a mussel conspecific diet induce anti-predator defence in the mussel Perna viridis? | ||||
| dc.type | Article |
Author Affiliations
- The University of Hong Kong
- City University of Hong Kong