Changes in selection on gastropod shell size and thickness with wave- exposure on northeastern pacific shores

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 232, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 217-239

  Boulding, Elizabeth G ^a   Holst, Meike ^a   Pilon, Vicki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer productus; Hemigrapsus; Littorina sitkana; Predation; Rhacochilus vacca

Indexed keywords

MOLLUSC; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; SHELL; WAVE ACTION;

ARTICLE; GASTROPOD; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PREDATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

CANCER PRODUCTUS; GASTROPODA; LITTORINA SCUTULATA; LITTORINA SITKANA; LITTORINA SUBROTUNDATA; RHACOCHILUS VACCA;

EID: 0033555983     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(98)00117-8     Document Type: Article

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