Octopus Adaptations: A study of Octopus Adaptations in niches of Marine Coral Reef Ecosystems

This topic submitted by Ava Slotnick ( Slotnial@muohio.edu) at 9:36 PM on 3/30/08.

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Octopi are often considered the most intelligent invertebrates in the world successfully using camouflage and a flexible body to access food. I will research these and other various Octopus adaptations and respective species diversity in the Marine Coral Reef Ecosystem. I plan to examine how different species have adapted to specific niches in the coral reef ecosystem. The adaptations I plan to examine include prey capture, feeding behaviors, breeding and brooding adaptations, larva and juvenile lifestyles and predator escaping.

References include;
Hanlon, R. T., Forsythe, J. W., & Joneschild, D. E. Crypsis, conspicuousness, mimicry and polyphenism as antipredator defences of foraging octopuses on Indo-Pacific coral reefs, with a method os quantifying crypsis from video tapes, 66, Retrieved 03/26/08, from http://etextb.ohiolink.edu.proxy.lib.muohio.edu/bin/gate.exe?f=doc&state=o19968.4.5.

Voight, Janet R. (1998). An overview of shallow-water octopus biogeography. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586, Retrieved Mar. 26, 2008, from http://etextb.ohiolink.edu.proxy.lib.muohio.edu/bin/gate.exe?f=doc&state=o19968.13.1

ARONSON R B. (1986). LIFE HISTORY AND DEN ECOLOGY OF OCTOPUS-BRIAREUS IN A MARINE LAKE. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 95(1), 37-56.
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