State-dependent habitat selection by an intertidal snail: The costs of selecting a physically stressful microhabitat

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 242, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 149-177

  Jones, K Martha M ^a   Boulding, Elizabeth G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Desiccation; Growth rates; Littorina sitkana; Northeastern Pacific; Survivorship; Topographic complexity

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HABITAT SELECTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ALGA; ARTICLE; DEHYDRATION; GASTROPOD; GROWTH RATE; HEAT STRESS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; SNAIL; STRESS; SURVIVAL RATE;

LITTORINA SITKANA;

EID: 0033570033     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(99)00090-8     Document Type: Article

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