Phenotypic clines, plasticity, and morphological trade-offs in an intertidal snail

Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 151-166

  Trussell, Geoffrey C ^a,b,c  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinus maenas; Cogradient variation; Countergradient variation; Crab predation; Growth; Latitude; Littorina obtusata; Natural selection; Phenotypic plasticity; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

CLINE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PLASTICITY; SNAIL; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALIA; BRACHYURA; CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LITTORINA OBTUSATA;

EID: 0034075521     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2000.tb00016.x     Document Type: Article

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