Patterns of diversity, depth range and body size among pelagic fishes along a gradient of depth

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 313-322

  Smith, Katherine F ^a,b   Brown, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depth gradient; Diversity; Geographical range; Macroecology; Marine ecology; Pacific Ocean; Pelagic fish; Rapoport's rule; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DEPTH; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; ICHTHYOFAUNA; PELAGIC FISH; RAPOPORT RULE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; HABITAT TYPE; HOME RANGE; MACROECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TELEOST; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0036328353     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1466-822X.2002.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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