Effects of temperature on growth rate and body size in the Mediterranean Sea anemone Actinia equina

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 313, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-73

  Chomsky, O ^a   Kamenir, Y ^a   Hyams, M ^a   Dubinsky, Z ^a   Chadwick Furman, N E ^a,b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Actiniaria; Distribution; Geographical limits; Metabolism; Population size structure; Respiration

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; GROWTH RATE; POLYP; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ACTINIA; ACTINIA EQUINA; ACTINIARIA; ANEMONE;

EID: 8144224214     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2004.07.017     Document Type: Article

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