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Biol Bull 123: 170-178. (August 1962)
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INTERTIDAL CLUSTERING OF AN AUSTRALIAN GASTROPOD

JAMES M. MOULTON 1

1 Department of Biology, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine

1. A striking rhythmical clustering and dispersal of a population of Cerithium Clypeomorus moniliferum Kiener on Heron Island in the Capricorns of Australia is described.

2. A sequence of events preceding a seasonal migration of the concentrated Cerithium population is reconstructed.

3. The role of the described habit as an ecologically important homeostatic mechanism is discussed.






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