Feeding in Sea Hares - references
Here is a list of scientific papers concerned with feeding behaviour in Sea Hares and related Sea Slugs.
Please let me know if you find an important paper missing from the list.
• Carefoot, T.H. (1980) Studies on the nutrition and feeding preferences of Aplysia: development of an artificial diet. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 42(3): 241-252.
• Carefoot, T.H. (1981) Nutrition of a coral rubble-inhabiting herbivore, the sea hare Aplysia. Proceedings of the Fourth International Coral Reef Symposium, Manila 2: 665-669.
• Carefoot, T.H. (1981) Studies on the nutrition and feeding preferences of Aplysia: weight changes on artificial diets deficient in specific amino acids. Can. J. Zool. 59(3): 445-454.
• Fretter,V; Ko,BH (1979): The specialization of the Aplysiid gut. Malacologia 18: 7-11.
• Sakata, K., Tsuge, M., Ina, K. (1986): a simple bioassay for feeding-stimulants for the young seahare Aplysia juliana. Marine Biology, 91: 509-511.
• Nagle, G.T., Camacho, F.T., Paul,VJ (1998): Dietary preferences of the opisthobranch mollusc Stylocheilus longicauda from secondary metabolites produced by the tropical cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula. Marine Biology, 132: 267-273.
• Parpagnoli, D., Fiore, L. (1994) Some aspects of temporal dynamics of feeding behaviour in Aplysia fasciata. Ethology, Ecology & Evolution 6: 117-124.
• Pennings, S. C., Paul, V.J. (1992): Effect of plant toughness, calcification, and chemistry on herbivory by Dolabella auricularia. Ecol. 73(5): 1606-1619.
• Rogers, C.N., Steinberg, P.D., Nys, R de (1995): Factors associated with oligophagy in two species of sea hares (Mollusca: Anaspidea). J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 192: 47-73.
• Pennings, S.C. (1990) Size-related shifts in herbivory: specialization in the sea hare Aplysia californica Cooper. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol, 142: 43-61.
• Rogers, C.N. (1992): Diet Choice and Defence in two Aplysia species (opisthobranchia: Mollusca) from the Sydney region. Marine Science Honours Thesis, University of New South Wales, Sydney. 53 p.
• Rogers, C.N. (1999) The costs and benefits of acquired algal secondary metabolites to Aplysia parvula. Ph.D. Thesis, University of New South Wales, Sydney. 168 p.
• Rogers, C. N., De Nys, R., Charlton,T. S., Steinberg, P.D. (2000) Dynamics of algal secondary metabolites in two species of Sea Hare. J. Chem. Ecol. 26(3): 721-744.
• Sakata, K., Tsuge, M., Ina, K. (1986): A simple bioassay for feeding-stimulants for the young seahare Aplysia juliana. Marine Biology, 91: 509-511.
• Stallard, M.O., Faulkner,DJ (1974): Chemical constituents of the digestive gland of the sea hare
• Vitalis, T.Z., Spence,M.J., Carefoot,T.H. (1988) The possible role of gut bacteria in nutrition and growth of the sea hare Aplysia. The Veliger 30(4): 333-341.
• Wu, R.S.S. (1980): Foraging strategy in the sea hare Bursatella leachii (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia). In: Proceedings of the First International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China. (Eds: Morton,B.S., Tseng,C.K) Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong,?
Rudman, W.B., 2001 (February 21) Feeding in Sea Hares - references. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/seahfeed
