The Influence of Diet on Local Distributions of Cypraea

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dc.contributor.author	Hayes, Therese	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2008-02-29T04:28:17Z	en_US
dc.date.available	2008-02-29T04:28:17Z	en_US
dc.date.issued	1983-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Hayes T. 1983. The influence of diet on local distributions of Cypraea. Pac Sci 37(1): 27-36.	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0030-8870	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10125/641	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The distribution of Cypraea in two habitat 'zones at Puako reef on the island of Hawaii was examined. Three species, Cypraea gaskoini, C. cicercula, and C. scurra, were found only in the reef face stud y site, and two species, C. poraria and C. caputserpentis, were found only in the reef top study site. Active individuals of all species were distributed nonrandomly with respect to substrate type. For reef face species the distribution of individuals appeared to be related to diet , with sponge the major dietary component of each of four reef face species. One cowrie was found to be prey specific for one species of sponge , and the distribution of C. gaskoini appeared to be dependent on the distribution of its prey sponge.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en-US	en_US
dc.publisher	University of Hawai'i Press	en_US
dc.title	The Influence of Diet on Local Distributions of Cypraea	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
dc.type.dcmi	Text	en_US