Evidence of countergradient variation in the growth of an intertidal snail in response to water velocity

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 243, Issue , 2002, Pages 123-131

  Trussell, Geoffrey C ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cogradient variation; Countergradient variation; Foraging; Growth; Littorina obtusata; Natural selection; Plasticity; Predation; Wave energy

Indexed keywords

FLOW VELOCITY; GROWTH RATE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC; NATURAL SELECTION; WAVE ENERGY;

GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LITTORINA; LITTORINA OBTUSATA; MOLLUSCA; PROSOBRANCHIA;

EID: 0037073389     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps243123     Document Type: Article

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