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| Title |
Plantanimal worms round themselves up in circular mills on the beach
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| Published in |
Royal Society Open Science, July 2018
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| DOI | 10.1098/rsos.180665 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ana B. Sendova-Franks, Nigel R. Franks, Alan Worley |
| Abstract |
Collective motion is a fascinating and intensely studied manifestation of collective behaviour. Circular milling is an impressive example. It occurs in fishes, processionary caterpillars and army ants, among others. Its adaptive significance, however, is not yet well understood. Recently, we demonstrated experimentally circular milling in the marine plant-animal worm Symsagittifera roscoffensis. We hypothesized that its function is to gather the worms and facilitate the dense films they form on the beach to promote the photosynthesis of their symbiotic algae. Here, we report for the first time, to our knowledge, the occurrence of S. roscoffensis circular mills in nature and show that it is by no means rare. The size and behaviour of circular mills in their natural environment is compatible with our earlier experimental results. This makes S. roscoffensis a good study system for understanding the proximate and ultimate mechanisms of circular milling. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 363 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 96 | 26% |
| South Africa | 3 | <1% |
| Austria | 2 | <1% |
| China | 2 | <1% |
| Russia | 1 | <1% |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | <1% |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 1 | <1% |
| Bulgaria | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 5 | 1% |
| Unknown | 250 | 69% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 360 | 99% |
| Scientists | 2 | <1% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 12 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 12 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 17% |
| Professor | 2 | 17% |
| Researcher | 2 | 17% |
| Other | 1 | 8% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 1 | 8% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 4 | 33% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 17% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 17% |
| Environmental Science | 1 | 8% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 8% |
| Computer Science | 1 | 8% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 5 | 42% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 171. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 September 2023.
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