Temperature constraints on phenotypic plasticity explain biogeographic patterns in predator trophic morphology

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 365, Issue , 2008, Pages 25-34

  Baldridge, Ashley K ^a,b   Smith, L David ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Biological invasions; Carcinus maenas; Ecological arms race; Littorina obtusata; Phenotypic plasticity; Trophic plasticity; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; ARMS RACE; CRAB; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MOLT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REARING; SHELL; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; WATER TEMPERATURE; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; LITTORINA OBTUSATA;

EID: 52249093921     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07485     Document Type: Article

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