Water-borne cues from a shell-crushing predator induce a more massive shell in experimental populations of an intertidal snail

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 317, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-35

  Dalziel, Benjamin ^a   Boulding, Elizabeth G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hemigrapsus nudus; Inducible defenses; Littorina subrotundata; Phenotypic plasticity; Reaction norms

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CHEMICAL CUE; INDUCED RESPONSE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SHELL;

HEMIGRAPSUS NUDUS; LITTORINA SUBROTUNDATA;

EID: 14844315055     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2004.11.015     Document Type: Article

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