Relationship between light conditions and behavior of the freshwater snail Biomphalaria glabrata (Say)

Rotenberg, Lúcia; Jurberg, Pedro; Pieri, Otávio Sarmento

doi:10.1007/bf00014059

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“…2 and 3, Table 4), supporting the view that stress-free freshwater snails follow distinct, species-specific diel or dark-light activity cycles (e.g., Beeston and Morgan, 1977;Pimentel-Souza et al, 1984). Light was proven or inferred as a strong behavioral clue also in earlier investigations (Pimentel-Souza et al, 1984;Rotenberg et al, 1989;Ter Maat et al, 2007). However, absence of a fine-scale correlation between activity and light irradiance during the daily period of highest activity and irradiance (Table 4) suggests that short-term changes in albedo do not influence snail diel cycles.…”

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“…Though circadian rhythms may be disrupted by stress (e.g., McDonald, 1973), the few studies on freshwater snail behavior suggest distinct diurnal, nocturnal, or dawn/ crepuscolar habits (Beeston and Morgan, 1977;Morgan and Last, 1982;Pimentel-Souza et al, 1984;Rotenberg et al, 1989; see also the review in Dillon, 2000). However, such studies have employed artificial light conditions and/ or have focused on economically important species (e.g., intermediate hosts of human parasites).…”

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Diel activity cycles of freshwater gastropods under natural light: Patterns and ecological implications

Lombardo

Miccoli

Giustini

et al. 2010

Ann. Limnol. - Int. J. Lim.

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-Though much is known about freshwater snail ecology, their circadian rhythms remain poorly investigated. Well-fed, stress-free, mid-size adults of six species common in central Italian lakes were exposed to natural sunlight and photoperiod, and their activity status was recorded at 3-h intervals during a 9-d indoor experiment. All species exhibited evident diurnal habits despite high individual variability, with middayto-early-afternoon activity peaks. Activity was correlated with diel light conditions but not with short-term changes in albedo. The prosobranch Bithynia (= Codiella) leachii and the pulmonates Physa (= Physella) acuta and Planorbis planorbis were the most active species and exhibited the longest-lasting response to daytime food addition. The prosobranch Valvata piscinalis exhibited long periods retracted in its shell with the operculum shut, and the remaining taxa (the pulmonates Galba (= Lymnaea) truncatula and Radix (= Lymnaea) auricularia) exhibited an intermediate degree of activity. P. acuta was the most active species at night and exhibited the quicker response to nighttime food addition. Alertedness to (diurnal) predators may be highest for the highly active P. acuta and P. planorbis, whose antipredator defenses are mainly behavioral. Diel activity patterns and other ecological characteristics suggest that P. acuta may be favored in food-rich habitats, while V. piscinalis may not be able to fully exploit food resources, especially if in limiting quantities. All snail species -and P. acuta in particular -may stimulate periphyton metabolism while keeping its biomass low by grazing mainly during the time of maximum photosynthesis.

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