The Implications of Temperature-Mediated Plasticity in Larval Instar Number for Development within a Marine Invertebrate, the Shrimp Palaemonetes varians

Andrew Oliphant; Chris Hauton; Sven Thatje

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0075785

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The Implications of Temperature-Mediated Plasticity in Larval Instar Number for Development within a Marine Invertebrate, the Shrimp Palaemonetes varians

Andrew Oliphant ,

* E-mail: Andrew.Oliphant@noc.soton.ac.uk

Affiliation Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom
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Chris Hauton,

Affiliation Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom
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Sven Thatje

Affiliation Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom
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The Implications of Temperature-Mediated Plasticity in Larval Instar Number for Development within a Marine Invertebrate, the Shrimp Palaemonetes varians

Andrew Oliphant,
Chris Hauton,
Sven Thatje

Published: September 19, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0075785

About the Authors

Andrew Oliphant

* E-mail: Andrew.Oliphant@noc.soton.ac.uk

Affiliation Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Chris Hauton

Affiliation Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Sven Thatje

Affiliation Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AO ST. Performed the experiments: AO. Analyzed the data: AO CH ST. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AO CH ST. Wrote the paper: AO CH ST.

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