Microgeographical shell variation in Littorina striata, a planktonic developing periwinkle

Marine Biology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 331-342

  De Wolf, H ^a   Backeljau, T ^a   Medeiros, R ^b   Verhagen, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION; ECOTYPE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MICROGEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; PERIWINKLE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SHELL MORPHOLOGY; SHELLS; VOLCANIC ISLANDS;

LITTORINA STRIATA;

EID: 0030756709     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050173     Document Type: Article

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