Morphological dynamics in the foraging apparatus of a deposit feeding marine bivalve: Phenotypic plasticity and heritable effects

Functional Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 349-356

  Drent, J ^b   Luttikhuizen, P C ^a   Piersma, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ctenidium; Gill; Labial palp; Macoma balthica; Mollusca; Symmorphosis

Indexed keywords

DEPOSIT FEEDER; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

BIVALVIA; CTENIDIUM; MACOMA; MACOMA BALTHICA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 2942567774     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-8463.2004.00839.x     Document Type: Article

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