The behaviour of Cerithidea decollata, a common western Indian Ocean mangrove tree climbing gastropod, was studied in Mida Creek, Kenya. At the study site, this snail mainly lived in Avicennia marina dominated areas, i.e. in the mangrove belt between high water spring tide and high water neap tide levels. Not a single individual was found on the less common mangrove tree Lumnitzera racemosa, living,just above the A. marina level (together with terrestrial grass), and was very rarely recorded on the common Rhizophora mucronata, bordering the seaward side of the A. marina belt.. No significant gradient of C. decollata density was found within the whole 150-200 m wide belt. The majority of C. decollata rested on tree trunks during high tide, creeping on the mud flat below the tree for part of low tide, and returning on the trunks well before being reached by the water. This migratory pattern was more evident at spring than at neap tide, at day than at night time and it was strongly influenced by the shore level of the mangrove zone in which animals resided. While C. decollata from lower shore levels neatly massively migrated twice a day, individuals from upper levels showed a more continuous and irregular activity, sometimes crawling on the mud even at high water of spring tide, when they experience just a few centimetres of water for no more than one to two hours.
Tree-climbing behaviour of Cerithidea decollata, a Western Indian Ocean mangrove gastropod (Mollusca, Potamididae) / M. Vannini; R. Rorandelli; O. Lähteenoja; E. Mrabu; S. Fratini.. - In: JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. - ISSN 0025-3154. - STAMPA. - 86:(2006), pp. 1429-1436. [10.1017/S0025315406014470]
Tree-climbing behaviour of Cerithidea decollata, a Western Indian Ocean mangrove gastropod (Mollusca, Potamididae)
VANNINI, MARCO
Writing – Original Draft Preparation
;FRATINI, SARAWriting – Original Draft Preparation
2006
Abstract
The behaviour of Cerithidea decollata, a common western Indian Ocean mangrove tree climbing gastropod, was studied in Mida Creek, Kenya. At the study site, this snail mainly lived in Avicennia marina dominated areas, i.e. in the mangrove belt between high water spring tide and high water neap tide levels. Not a single individual was found on the less common mangrove tree Lumnitzera racemosa, living,just above the A. marina level (together with terrestrial grass), and was very rarely recorded on the common Rhizophora mucronata, bordering the seaward side of the A. marina belt.. No significant gradient of C. decollata density was found within the whole 150-200 m wide belt. The majority of C. decollata rested on tree trunks during high tide, creeping on the mud flat below the tree for part of low tide, and returning on the trunks well before being reached by the water. This migratory pattern was more evident at spring than at neap tide, at day than at night time and it was strongly influenced by the shore level of the mangrove zone in which animals resided. While C. decollata from lower shore levels neatly massively migrated twice a day, individuals from upper levels showed a more continuous and irregular activity, sometimes crawling on the mud even at high water of spring tide, when they experience just a few centimetres of water for no more than one to two hours.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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