Food and heat stress in the California mussel: Evidence for an energetic trade-off between survival and growth

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 205-216

  Fitzgerald Dehoog, Lindsay ^a   Browning, Jeremy ^a   Allen, Bengt J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; BIVALVE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HEAT TRANSFER; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; ROCKY SHORE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 84869022102     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/BBLv223n2p205     Document Type: Article

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