| Hitchhiking behaviour in the obligatory upstream migration of amphidromous snails. | |
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PMID: 19411267 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Migratory animals endure high stress during long-distance travel in order to benefit from spatio-temporally fluctuating resources, including food and shelter or from colonization of unoccupied habitats. Along with some fishes and shrimps, nerite snails in tropical to temperate freshwater systems are examples of amphidromous animals that migrate upstream for growth and reproduction after a marine larval phase. Here I report, to my knowledge, the first example of 'hitchhiking' behaviour in the obligatory migration of animals: the nerite snail Neritina asperulata appears to travel several kilometres as minute juveniles by firmly attaching to the shells of congeneric, subadult snails in streams of Melanesian Islands, presumably to increase the success rate of migration. |
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Authors:
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Yasunori Kano |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2009-05-01 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Biology letters Volume: 5 ISSN: 1744-957X ISO Abbreviation: Biol. Lett. Publication Date: 2009 Aug |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-07-14 Completed Date: 2009-12-14 Revised Date: 2010-09-27 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 101247722 Medline TA: Biol Lett Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 465-8 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Biological Production and Environmental Science, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan. kano@cc.miyazaki-u.ac.jp |
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Animal Migration* Animals Behavior, Animal Ecosystem Fresh Water Host-Parasite Interactions Marine Biology Rivers Snails / physiology* Water Movements |
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