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Filtering by: Academic Affiliation Zoology Degree Name Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Subject Crabs -- Adaptation

A comparative analysis of morphological, physiological, and biochemical adaptation to abiotic stress in intertidal porcelain crabs, genus Petrolisthes

Creator:

Stillman, Jonathon Harris

Abstract:

Organismal tolerance to abiotic environmental stresses contributes significantly to setting the distribution limits of organisms, as demonstrated by vertical zonation patterns in the marine intertidal zone. In this thesis, the ultimate (evolutionary) and proximate (mechanistic) causes of tolerance to temperature and emersion stresses associated with the intertidal zone were examined...

Resource Type:

Dissertation