Is water temperature responsible for geographic variation in shell mass of Littorina obtusata (L.) snails in the Gulf of Maine?

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 394, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 98-104

  Doyle, Sean ^a   MacDonald, Bruce ^a   Rochette, Rémy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carcinus maenas; Geographic variation; Littorina obtusata; Phenotypic plasticity; Shell calcification; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CALCIFICATION; CONSPECIFIC; CRAB; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FACILITATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION RISK; SHELL; SNAIL; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

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

EID: 77956727857     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2010.07.023     Document Type: Article

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