(full paper is archived in the Miller Library)
Title: Niche apportionment among the chitons Cyanoplax hartwegii and Mopalia muscosa, and the limpets Collisella limatula and Collisella pelta under the brown alga Pelvetia fastigiata
Student Author(s): Connor, Michael Stewart
Faculty Advisor(s): Baxter, Chuck
%E Burnett, Robin
Pages: 25
Location: Final Papers Biology 175H
Date: June 1974
Keywords: chiton
Abstract: Niche partitioning by the chitons Cyanoplax hartwegii and Mopalia muscosa, and the limpets Collisella limatula and Collisella pelta, two classes of molluscs with similar functions in the intertidal community, under the brown alga Pelvetia fastigiata was studied. Cyanoplax and Mopalia were found to partition a common habitat by different micro habitat preferences and behavioral patterns. Food niche overlap with C. pelta was lessened by Mopalia's aggressive behavior. Food niche overlap with C. limatula and resting area overlap with C. pelta were lessened by Cyanoplax's nomadic behavior.
Notes: Publ 1975, Veliger 18 (Suppl): 9-17