Plastic and heritable variation in shell thickness of the intertidal gastropod Nucella lapillus associated with risks of crab predation and wave action, and sexual maturation

The intertidal snail Nucella lapillus generally has thicker shells at sites sheltered from wave action, where crabs are abundant and pose a high risk of predation, than at exposed sites where crabs are rare. We studied two populations showing the opposite trend. We reciprocally transplanted snails b...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Pascoal, Sonia (author)
Outros Autores: Carvalho, Gary (author), Creer, Simon (author), Mendo, Sonia (author), Hughes, Roger (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2019
Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10773/27026
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/27026