Testing the habitat safety hypothesis with behavioural field experiments: Amphipod orientation on sandy beaches with contrasting morphodynamics

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 392, Issue , 2009, Pages 133-141

  Fanini, Lucia ^a   Defeo, Omar ^b   Cecilia Do, Santos ^b   Felicita, Scapini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Sandy beaches habitat safety hypothesis orientation atlantorchestoidea brasiliensis sun compass

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AMPHIPOD; BEACH; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; MORPHODYNAMICS; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; PRECISION;

EID: 70350344067     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08219     Document Type: Article

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