Thermal biology of rocky intertidal mussels: Quantifying body temperatures using climatological data

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-34

  Helmuth, Brian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial exposure; Body temperature; Climate data; Environmental averages; Fluctuating temperatures; Microclimate; Mytilus; Physical factors; Rocky intertidal; Tidal cycle

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE EFFECT; MOLLUSC; PREDICTION;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; MYTILUS; MYTILUS CALIFORNIANUS;

EID: 0032919258     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[0015:TBORIM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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