Effects of temperature and food availability on adult body length in natural and laboratory populations of Paracerceis sculpta (Holmes), a Gulf of California isopod

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 233, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 269-284

  Shuster, Stephen M ^a   Guthrie, Erin E ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustacea; Food; Growth; Isopoda; Paracerceis; Temperature

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

BODY SIZE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; TEMPERATURE;

ALGA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; FEEDING; FEMALE; FOOD; LABORATORY; MALE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; UNITED STATES; WATER TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

LEUCETTA LOSANGELENSIS; PARACERCEIS SCULPTA;

EID: 0033080977     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(98)00133-6     Document Type: Article

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