The effects of temperature on the behaviour and physiology of Phataria unifascialis (Gray) (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) implications for the species' distribution in the Gulf of California, Mexico

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 208, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 13-27

  Morgan, Michael B ^a   Cowles, David L ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroidea; Behaviour; Distribution; Ophidiasteridae; Phataria unifascialis; Physiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTERIAS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

PHATARIA UNIFASCIALIS; ASTEROIDEA; ECHINODERMATA;

BEHAVIOURAL ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0030621020     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(96)02675-5     Document Type: Article

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