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The oxygen consumption of some intertidal gastropods in relation to zonation
Author(s) -
Sandison Eyvor E.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
journal of zoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0952-8369
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1966.tb03891.x
Subject(s) - littorina , intertidal zone , biology , nucella , thais , adaptation (eye) , ecology , gastropoda , zoology , demography , neuroscience , sociology
The series of gastropods Thais lapillus, Littorina littorea, L. littoralis an L. saxatilis inhabit successively higher intertidal zones, and it was thought that they might show respiratory adaptation in relation to their various periods of exposure and submergence. To investigate this the respiratory rates of each species in air, and in water, have been measured at regular intervals over a period of 12 hours, and also subsequent to three and 16 hours drying.