NDLI: Facilitation on an intertidal mudflat: the effect of siphon nipping by flatfish on burying depth of the bivalve Macoma balthica

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Author	de Goeij, Petra Luttikhuizen, Pieternella C. van der Meer, Jaap Piersma, Theunis
Copyright Year	2000
Abstract	During deposit feeding on benthic micro-algae, the siphon of buried tellinid bivalves like Macoma balthica is vulnerable to nipping by plaice Pleuronectes platessa and other flatfish. We experimentally tested the hypothesis that siphon nippers facilitate predation on the entire bivalve (by shorebirds, for example) by inducing a decrease in burying depth. Three experiments in May and in September, during which likely siphon nippers (juvenile plaice P. platessa) were allowed to feed on M. balthica siphons, demonstrated that the bivalves indeed lost siphon mass and came closer to the surface. However, the strength of the burying response and the speed of recovery of siphons after nipping varied greatly between experiments, partly as a consequence of body condition-related differences in initial burying depth. Our experimental study confirms that siphon nippers can enhance the availability of bivalve prey to probing predators, and will thus facilitate avian predation on intertidal flats.
Starting Page	500
Ending Page	506
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00298549
Journal	Oecologia
Volume Number	126
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	14321939
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher Date	2001-02-01
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Burying depth Facilitation Shorebirds Siphon nipping Tellinidae Ecology Plant Sciences Hydrology/Water Resources
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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