Shell colour variation in Littorina saxatilis Olivi (Prosobranchia: Littorinidae): A multi-factor approach

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 401-419

  Ekendahl, Anette ^a   Johannesson, Kerstin ^a  

^a GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cross breeding; Geography; Interaction; Log linear model; Polymorphism; Snail age; Snail sex; Substratum; Tidal level; Wave exposure

Indexed keywords

COLOUR VARIATION; INTERTIDAL ZONE; SHELL COLOUR;

ICELAND; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SWEDEN;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; LITTORINA SAXATILIS; LITTORINIDAE; PROSOBRANCHIA;

EID: 0031443323     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1997.0163     Document Type: Article

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