Performance benefits of growth-form plasticity in a clonal red seaweed

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-89

  Monro, Keyne ^a,b   Poore, Alistair G B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clonal growth; Modular organism; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

CLONAL GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH FORM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; SEAWEED;

ASPARAGOPSIS ARMATA;

EID: 65249155375     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01186.x     Document Type: Article

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