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Divergence in Thermal Physiology Could Contribute to Vertical Segregation in Intertidal Ecotypes of Littorina saxatilis.
Physiological and biochemical zoology : PBZ - 1 Jan 2000
Dwane Christopher, Rundle Simon D, Tills Oliver, Rezende Enrico L, Galindo Juan, Rolán-Alvarez Emilio, Truebano Manuela
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AbstractThermal stress is a potentially important selective agent in intertidal marine habitats, but the role that thermal tolerance might play in local adaptation across shore height has been underexplored. Northwest Spain is home to two morphologically distinct ecotypes of the periwinkle Littorina saxatilis, separated by shore height and subject to substantial differences in thermal stress exposure. However,...
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