Population divergence in cold tolerance of the intertidal gastropod Littorina brevicula explained by habitat-specific lowest air temperature

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 481, Issue , 2016, Pages 49-56

  Chiba, Susumu ^a   Iida, Takeshi ^a   Tomioka, Aya ^a   Azuma, Noriko ^b   Kurihara, Takeo ^c   Tanaka, Kazuhiro ^d  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^d MIYAGI GAKUIN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cold hardiness; Freeze tolerance; Intertidal gastropod; Latitude; Littorinidae

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; COLD TOLERANCE; DIVERGENCE; ECTOTHERMY; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; LATITUDE; LOW TEMPERATURE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNAIL; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LITTORINA BREVICULA; LITTORINIDAE; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 84964879894     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2016.04.009     Document Type: Article

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