TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of food deprivation upon behavioral patterns and time budgeting of Aplysia fasciata
AU - Susswein, Abraham J.
PY - 1984/11
Y1 - 1984/11
N2 - Effects of food deprivation upon time devoted to different behaviors in Aplysia fasciata were investigated. Time invested in mating, egg-laying, swimming, and movement in place was increased, and time spent immobile and crawling was decreased. Time of occurrence of behaviors was highly synchronized, but differed from that seen when food was available. Changes in behavior seem to be adaptive to conditions in which food is scarce: increased motility may lead to finding sites where food is present, while increased egg-laying and mating may ensure survival of progeny. Behavioral changes can be readily accounted for by removal of postingestive stimuli signaling satiation.
AB - Effects of food deprivation upon time devoted to different behaviors in Aplysia fasciata were investigated. Time invested in mating, egg-laying, swimming, and movement in place was increased, and time spent immobile and crawling was decreased. Time of occurrence of behaviors was highly synchronized, but differed from that seen when food was available. Changes in behavior seem to be adaptive to conditions in which food is scarce: increased motility may lead to finding sites where food is present, while increased egg-laying and mating may ensure survival of progeny. Behavioral changes can be readily accounted for by removal of postingestive stimuli signaling satiation.
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U2 - 10.1016/s0163-1047(84)90968-3
DO - 10.1016/s0163-1047(84)90968-3
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C2 - 6525141
AN - SCOPUS:0021528896
SN - 0163-1047
VL - 42
SP - 127
EP - 133
JO - Behavioral and Neural Biology
JF - Behavioral and Neural Biology
IS - 2
ER -