Importance of behavior and morphological traits for controlling body temperature in littorinid snails

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 220, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 209-223

  Miller, Luke P ^a,b   Denny, Mark W ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ALGA; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GRAZING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; ROCKY SHORE; SHELL; SNAIL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THRESHOLD; TIDE GAUGE; TOLERANCE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; GASTROPODA; TEXADINA;

EID: 79959906537     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/BBLv220n3p209     Document Type: Article

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