Bathymetric patterns of body size in deep-sea gastropods

Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1298-1301

  Rex, Michael A ^a   Etter, Ron J ^a   Clain, Alisabet J ^a   Hill, Malcolm S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathymetric clines; Benthic; Body size; Deep sea; Gastropods

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BODY SIZE; DEEP-SEA ORGANISM; MOLLUSC;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; TURRIDAE;

EID: 0032832493     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1999.tb04543.x     Document Type: Article

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