Dimorphic migration, growth, and fecundity in a seasonally split population of Littorina brevicula (Mollusca: Gastropoda) on a boulder shore

Population Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 141-148

  Takada, Yoshitake ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mark recapture; Polymorphism; Reproductive fitness; Seasonal migration

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; FITNESS; GROWTH; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MIGRATION; SEASONALITY; SNAIL; SUBPOPULATION;

AMAKUSA; ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KUMAMOTO; KYUSHU;

GASTROPODA; LITTORINA; LITTORINA BREVICULA; LITTORINIDAE; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0344531474     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-003-0151-y     Document Type: Article

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