Amphipod gigantism dictated by oxygen availability?

Ecology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 397-403

  Spicer, John I ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^a   Peck, Lloyd ^b   Chapelle, Gauthier ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amphipoda; Bergmann's rule; Body size; Gigantism; Oxygen; Respiratory physiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032716721     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.1999.00105.x     Document Type: Article

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