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Population Ecology Of The Littoral Fringe Gastropod Littorina Planaxis In Northern California, Russell James Schmitt
Population Ecology Of The Littoral Fringe Gastropod Littorina Planaxis In Northern California, Russell James Schmitt
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
Life history patterns of individual organisms are the result of natural selection and should be correlated with particular physical and biological characteristics of habitats in which they live. The littoral fringe is known to be the most severe physical habitat in the intertidal zone, and it is expected that organisms in it should have population characteristics associated with selective response to physical adversity rather than biological interaction. Ecological studies of populations of Littorina planaxis were made in the Dillon Beach and Bodega Head areas. The study localities differed principally in extent of wave exposure rather than geographical location.
Larval Development And Feeding Ecology Of Hermissenda Crassicornis (Eschscholtz) And Aeolidia Papillosa (Linnaeus), Leslie G. Williams
Larval Development And Feeding Ecology Of Hermissenda Crassicornis (Eschscholtz) And Aeolidia Papillosa (Linnaeus), Leslie G. Williams
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
Thompson (1967) defines three developmental types for Opisthobranchia with representative nudibranchs in each category. The types are: 1.) planktotrophic larvae which are obligatory plankton feeders prior to progressive metamorphosis, 2.) lecithotrophic larvae which may feed on the plankton, but do not need to do so in order to metamorphose, 3.) direct development which results in hatching of a post veliger, benthic juvenile.
Tardy (1970) feels that Thompson's Type 3 development is artificial. Thus, he incorporates direct development into the lecithotrophic developmental type. Tardy then proposes a classification of metamorphic types based on larval shell type (Thompson, 1961) and on larval …