Seasonal freezing adaptations of the mid-intertidal gastropod Nucella lima from southeast Alaska

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 395, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 106-111

  Stickle, William B ^a   Lindeberg, Mandy ^b   Rice, Stanley D ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity patterns; Colligative osmolytes; Freeze events; Freeze tolerance; Nucella lima; Supercooling point

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ADAPTATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; EGG; FREEZE TOLERANCE; GASTROPOD; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEASONALITY; SEAWATER; SNAIL; SUPERCOOLING;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

GASTROPODA; NUCELLA LIMA;

EID: 77957915270     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2010.08.022     Document Type: Article

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