The molding hypothesis: Linking shell use with hermit crab growth, morphology, and shell-species selection

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 265, Issue , 2003, Pages 155-163

  Turra, Alexander ^a,b   Leite, Fosca P P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Lab de Biologia Aquatica   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Growth; Molding hypothesis; Pagurus; Phenotypic plasticity; Resource selection; Shell species selection

Indexed keywords

CRAB; ECOMORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SHELL;

CERITHIUM; CERITHIUM ATRATUM; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MORULA NODULOSA; OLIVELLA; OLIVELLA MINUTA; PAGURUS; TEGULA; TEGULA VIRIDULA; TROCHIDAE;

EID: 0842323830     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps265155     Document Type: Article

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