Adaptation to temperature stress and aerial exposure in congeneric species of intertidal porcelain crabs (genus Petrolisthes): Correlation of physiology, biochemistry and morphology with vertical distribution

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1845-1855

  Stillman, Jonathon H ^a,b   Somero, George N ^a,b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

crabs; heart rate; intertidal zone; Petrolisthes; respiration; temperature

Indexed keywords

PETROLISTHES;

EID: 0029823855     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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