Local adaptation along a continuous coastline: Prey recruitment drives differentiation in a predatory snail

• Published in: Ecology (Durham) Vol. 91; no. 3; pp. 891 - 901
• Main Authors: Sanford, Eric, David J. Worth
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Ecological Society of America 01.03.2010
• Subjects: Adaptation, Physiological; Animals; Balanus; California; carnivores; coasts; Ecosystem; larvae; mussels; Mytilus - physiology; Mytilus californianus; Mytilus edulis; Mytilus trossulus; nutrients; oceanography; Oregon; Pacific Ocean; Predatory Behavior - physiology; snails; Snails - physiology; Thoracica - physiology; topography; Oregon; California; Pacific Ocean

Recent work demonstrates that nearshore oceanography can generate strong variation in the delivery of resources (nutrients and larvae) to benthic marine communities over spatial scales of tens to hundreds of kilometers. Moreover, variation in the strength of these bottom‐up inputs is often spatial...