Variation in body size of two species of supralittoral talitrids (Amphipoda, Talitroidea) from the gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Coasts of North America

Crustaceana

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1243-1250

  Wildish, D J ^a   Kraft, A ^a   Pohle, G W ^a   Lecroy, S E ^b  

^a Huntsman Marine Science Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BODY SIZE; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; METABOLISM;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

AMPHIPODA; ORCHESTIA GRILLUS; PLATORCHESTIA PLATENSIS; TALITRIDAE; TALITROIDEA;

EID: 80053361835     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: 15685403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854011X587504     Document Type: Review

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