Annual reversible plasticity of feeding structures: Cyclical changes of jaw allometry in a sea urchin

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1779, 2014, Pages

  Ebert, Thomas A ^a   Hernández, José Carlos ^b,c   Clemente, Sabrina ^b,c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aristotle's lantern; Fitness; Morphology; Oregon; Reaction norm; Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANATOMY; ECHINODERM; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REACTION NORM; SIZE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARISTOTLE'S LANTERN; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REACTION NORM; SEA URCHIN; SEASON; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS; UNITED STATES;

ARISTOTLE'S LANTERN; FITNESS; MORPHOLOGY; OREGON; REACTION NORM; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; OREGON; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA URCHINS; SEASONS;

ANTARCTICA; OREGON; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84902676825     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2284     Document Type: Article

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