The ocean is not deep enough: Pressure tolerances during early ontogeny of the blue mussel Mytilus edulis

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1657, 2009, Pages 717-726

  Mestre, Nélia C ^a   Thatje, Sven ^a   Tyler, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deep sea; Evolution; Mytilidae; Pressure; Shallow water; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANCESTRY; BIVALVE; DEEP SEA; LIABILITY; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENY; SHALLOW WATER; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

BATHYMODIOLINAE; BIVALVIA; MYTILIDAE; MYTILINAE; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 58249120539     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1376     Document Type: Article

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