... to predation for an ectothermic intertidal mollusc (the owl limpet, Lottia gigantea ) and its predator (the black oystercatcher, Haematopus bachmani ). The ability of L. gigantea to resist bird predation during low tide is determined by the tenacity of attachment to the rock. We developed a transducer...

...Mark W. Denny; Luke P. Miller; Christopher D. G. Harley SUMMARY When coupled with long-term meteorological records, a heat-budget model for the limpet, Lottia gigantea , provides a wealth of information regarding environmental and topographic controls of body temperature in this ecologically...

... trials did the limpet’s attachment force per unit area exceed the maximum value predicted for a sucker at that pressure. In the most extreme case the force per unit area was only 0.017 MPa beyond this limit. Fig. 7. Experiments performed on Lottia gigantea in a bell jar to determine the effect...