Phenotype-environment matching in the shore crab (Carcinus maenas)

Marine Biology

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1357-1367

  Todd, P A ^a   Briers, R A ^b   Ladle, R J ^c   Middleton, F ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB; CRYPSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLYMORPHISM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FIRTH OF FORTH; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ALGAE; CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAPSIDAE;

EID: 33645346741     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-005-0159-2     Document Type: Article

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