The use of intertidal barnacle shells
The use of intertidal barnacle shells
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潮间藤壶壳的利用
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2000
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M. Barnes
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M. Barnes
潮间藤壶的聚集会影响其他潮间生物的定居空间。特别重要的是，这种聚集可以为测试中的小型无脊椎动物和鱼类提供保护，在贝壳的顶骨通道中以及在贝壳组之间的小空间中。对于许多在幼虫时期定居的物种或小型无脊椎动物来说，防止不利的环境条件，如暴露于海浪、过热（特别是在热带海岸）和捕食是至关重要的，这些无脊椎动物最终可能会变成太大而无法进行藤壶测试的成虫。藤壶壳内和藤壶壳上可以发现多种生物，包括生长在藤壶壁板上和藤壶壁板内的藻类。与藤壶相关的众多生物体包括从原生动物到脊椎动物，每个类群都有详细的描述。在低等无脊椎动物中，涡虫类和多毛类最为常见，其次是等足类、蜘蛛类和软体动物。就鱼类而言，空藤壶测试似乎主要用作避难所、筑巢地和交配。总之，强调了由活的和死的藤壶提供的结构对潮间带群落的重要性，它提供了额外的定居点和对生物体的保护。
Aggregations of intertidal barnacles can affect the space available for settlement of other intertidal organisms. Of particular importance is the protection such aggregations can provide for small invertebrates and fishes settling within the tests, in the parietal channels in the shells and in the small spaces between groups of shells. Protection from adverse environmental conditions such as exposure to waves, excessive heat (particularly on tropical shores), and predation is essential for many species settling as larvae or for small invertebrates which eventually may become adults too big for the barnacle tests. A large variety of organisms can be found in and on barnacle shells including algae that grow on and within barnacle wall plates. The numerous organisms associated with barnacles range from protozoans through to vertebrates and each group is described in detail. Of the lower invertebrates, turbellarians and polychaetes are the most common followed by isopods, arachnids, and molluscs. In the case of fishes it seems that the empty barnacle tests are used mainly as refuges, nesting sites, and for mating. In conclusion, the importance to intertidal communities of the structures provided by barnacles, both alive and dead, in making available additional settling sites and protection for organisms is stressed.