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MARINE AND FRESHWATER BEHAVIOUR AND PHYSIOLOGY
卷 50, 期 2, 页码 165-177出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/10236244.2017.1347020
关键词
Nearest-neighbor; Porcellanidae; behavior; Crustacea
资金
- Slocum Lunz Foundation
The green porcelain crab, Petrolisthes armatus, is a common invasive species on inter-tidal oyster reefs in the South Atlantic Bight whose behavior is largely unknown. We assessed the effects of the presence of opposite-sex conspecifics on adult crab spacing at a low density to infer potential mate acquisition behaviors. Adult crabs held in all-male, all-female, and mixed-sex treatments were observed twice daily over five days to determine nearest-neighbor (NN) distances and relative activity. Males in the mixed-sex treatment with the shortest NN distances (NN1) were most commonly (1) closest to females, and, when compared to NN1 males in the all-male treatment, were (2) closer to their NN and (3) had lower activity levels. Female movement did not differ between treatments. Percent ovigerous females at the end of trials were higher in the mixed-sex treatment, reflecting mating activity, which when observed, involved inter-molt females. Mate guarding, rather than pure-searching behavior, was the mating behavior most consistent with observed spacing and movement patterns.
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