Life on a hot dry beach: Behavioural, physiological, and ultrastructural adaptations of the littorinid gastropod Cenchritis (Tectarius) muricatus

Marine Biology

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 723-732

  Emson, Roland H ^a   Morritt, D ^b   Andrews, E B ^b   Young, C M ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ADAPTATION; BEACH; BEHAVIOR; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BAHAMAS;

ANIMALIA; CENCHRITIS MURICATUS; GASTROPODA; LITTORINIDAE; TECTARIUS MURICATUS;

EID: 0036935141     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-001-0738-9     Document Type: Article

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