Shell morphology and color of the subtidal whelk Buccinum undatum exhibit fine-scaled spatial patterns.

ABSTRACT: Geographical patterns in morphology can be the result of divergence among populations due to neutral or selective changes and/or phenotypic plasticity in response to different environments. Marine gastropods are ideal subjects on which to explore these patterns, by virtue of the remarkable intraspecific variation in life-history traits and morphology often observed across relatively small spatial scales. The ubiquitous N-Atlantic common whelk (Buccinum undatum) is well known for spatial variation in life-history traits and morphology. Previous studies on genetic population structure have revealed that it exhibits significant differentiation across geographic distances. Within Breiðafjörður Bay, a large and shallow bay in W-Iceland, genetic differentiation was demonstrated between whelks fr

SUBMITTER: Magnusdottir H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5938454 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature