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Alternate Title
Size-Specific Emergence of the Marsh Snail, Littorina irrorata: Effect of Predation by Blue Crabs in a Virginia Salt Marsh
Document Type
Short Communication
Abstract
Marsh periwinkles of 5 to 7 mm in shell height were eaten regularly by blue crabs. Fractures marking unsuccessful crab attacks were present in about 25% of medium-sized (10-16 mm) snails and over 60% of larger snails (over 16 mm). Medium-sized snails, subject to predation, leave the water more frequently than larger snails, but only about a quarter of the snail population leaves the water during high tide. We found no evidence that the snails leave the water because they sense blue crabs in the water.
First Page
179
Last Page
182
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Recommended Citation
Stanhope, H. S., W. C. Banta and M. H. Temkin.
1982.
Size-Specific Emergence of the Marsh Snail, Littorina irrorata: Effect of Predation by Blue Crabs in a Virginia Salt Marsh.
Gulf Research Reports
7
(2):
179-182.
Retrieved from https://aquila.usm.edu/gcr/vol7/iss2/14
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18785/grr.0702.14
