Phenotypic plasticity in the foot size of an intertidal snail

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1033-1048

  Trussell, Geoffrey C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Dislodgment; Drag; Littorina obtusata; Natural selection; New England; Phenotypic plasticity; Shell shape; Shell size

Indexed keywords

DISLODGEMENT; FOOT SIZE; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITIES; INTERTIDAL ZONE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHENOTYPIC VARIATIONS; SNAIL;

GASTROPODA; LITTORINA OBTUSATA;

EID: 0030617151     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[1033:PPITFS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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