Phenotypic selection in an intertidal snail: Effects of a catastrophic storm

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 151, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 73-79

  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

Catastrophic storm; Hydrodynamic forces; Littorina obtusata; Morphological variation; Phenotypic and natural selection; Wave energies

Indexed keywords

INTERTIDAL COMMUNITIES; INTERTIDAL SNAIL; MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION; PHENOTYPIC SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC VARIATIONS; SHELL MORPHOLOGY; STORM; STORMS; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE EXPOSURE;

USA, NEW ENGLAND;

GASTROPODA; LITTORINA OBTUSATA;

EID: 0030618553     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps151073     Document Type: Article

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