Physiological consequences of the supralittoral fringe: Microhabitat temperature profiles and stress protein levels in the tropical periwinkle Cenchritis muricatus (Linneaus, 1758)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 675, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 143-156

  Judge, Michael L ^a   Botton, Mark L ^b   Hamilton, Mary G ^b  

^a MANHATTAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desiccation; Littorinid; Microhabitat; Snail; Stress protein; Thermal load

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; GASTROPOD; GRASS; HABITAT SELECTION; HEAT SHOCK; HYDRATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; MICROHABITAT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PROTEIN; ROCKY SHORE; SNAIL; SUBSTRATE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; CENCHRITIS; CENCHRITIS MURICATUS; GASTROPODA; TEXADINA;

EID: 79961171289     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0812-3     Document Type: Article

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