Feeding behavior reveals the adaptive nature of plasticity in barnacle feeding limbs

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-15

  Marchinko, Kerry B ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b BAMFIELD MARINE SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CRUSTACEAN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; WAVE ACTION;

BALANUS GLANDULA; THORACICA;

EID: 34548233644     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25066613     Document Type: Article

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