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Selection of predator-free settlement sites bylarval ascidians
| Title: | Selection of predator-free settlement sites bylarval ascidians. |
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| Name(s): |
Young, Craig M. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Date Issued: | 1989 | |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis. | |
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| Extent: | 11 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | FA00007083 (IID), 10.1080/00785326.1989.10430840 (doi) | |
| Note(s): |
In rocky subtidal habitats of the Sanjuan Islands, Washington, the solitary ascidian Boltenia villosa
occurs primarily as an epizooite on two other ascidians, Pyura haustor and Halocynthia igaboja, where
it obtains refuge from the abundant predatory gastropod Fusitriton oregonensis. To investigate the
prediction that larvae of this species should prefer refuge habitats as settlement sites, l offered
choices among various "safe" and "unsafe" substrata to the tadpole larvae ofB. villosa in laboratory
experiments. Tadpoles selected tunic of the refuge ascidians significantly more often than subtidal
rocks or other substrata, but did not distinguish between refuge ascidians and conspecific adults. Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution 693 This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available and may be cited as: Young, C. M. (1989). Selection of predator-free settlement sites by larval ascidians. Ophelia, 30(2), 131-140. |
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| Subject(s): |
Ascidians Larvae--Behavior Habitat selection Predators |
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| Links: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00785326.1989.10430840 | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007083 | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
