Habitat-dependent ecotype micro-distribution at the mid-shore in natural populations of Littorina saxatilis

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 548, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 307-311

  Carballo, M ^a   Caballero, A ^a   Rolan Alvarez E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Habitat choice; Habitat dependent selection; Selection gradient model; Snail density; Viability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONES; ECOSYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL STRESS;

HABITAT CHOICE; HABITAT-DEPENDENT SELECTION; SELECTION-GRADIENT MODEL; SNAIL DENSITY; VIABILITY;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION; ECOLOGICAL ZONATION; ECOTYPE; HABITAT SELECTION; HYBRID ZONE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

GASTROPODA; LITTORINA SAXATILIS; THORACICA;

EID: 24344472972     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-1231-0     Document Type: Article

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