Inducible variation in hypoxia tolerance across the intertidal-subtidal distribution of the blue mussel Mytilus edulis

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 325, Issue , 2006, Pages 295-300

  Altieri, Andrew H ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved oxygen; Environmental stress; Foundation species; Hypoxia; Intertidal; Mytilus edulis; Narragansett Bay; Physiology; Stress gradient; Subtidal

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HYPOXIA; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 33845406694     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps325295     Document Type: Article

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