The effect of predation on the life histories of Littorina obtusata and Littorina mariae
1992 ◽
Vol 72
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pp. 403-416
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Littorina obtusata is an epiphytic gastropod which lives for three to four years on its host Ascophyllum nodosum, a long-lived brown alga. Most of the population consists of adults, present throughout the year in the size range 14 to 17 mm. Newly hatched individuals appear between April and October with a peak in July; the immature winkles grow to merge with the adult cohort in May.In contrast Littorina mariae is an annual; newly hatched individuals grow to maturity by the winter of their first year. Those reaching maturity overwinter as adults but very few live beyond spring of their second year. The population dynamics of L. mariae are closely linked with changes in the biomass of the alga Fucus serratus on which it lives.
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1955 ◽
Vol 47
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pp. 224-228
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