Behavioral response of the New England dog whelk, Nassarius trivittatus, to a temperature gradient

Autor:	William W. Reynolds, M. E. Casterlin
Rok vydání:	1980
Předmět:	Nassarius Temperature gradient biology Ecology Nassariidae biology.animal Dog whelk Gastropoda Snail Aquatic Science Thermoregulation biology.organism_classification Mollusca
Zdroj:	Hydrobiologia. 69:79-81
ISSN:	1573-5117 0018-8158
DOI:	10.1007/bf00016539
Popis:	Thirty New England dog whelks (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Nassariidae), Nassarius trivittatus, were tested as a group for 3 days in a long linear gradient trough encompassing a thermal gradient ranging from 5°C to 45°C. The modal thermal preferendum of the snails lay between 30°C and 35°C. The lowest temperature interval voluntarily occupied by the snails was 15–20°C, the highest 35–40°C. W e believe this to be the first published study of temperature preference and avoidance behavior of gastropod molluscs.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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