Large-scale species-richness gradients in the Atlantic Ocean

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1501, 2002, Pages 1715-1720

  Macpherson, E ^a  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Diversity gradients; Latitudinal species richness; Marine diversity

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; CHLOROPHYLL; SEA WATER;

LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENTHIC FAUNA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH; HYDROGRAPHY; INVERTEBRATE; LATITUDE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PELAGIC ZONE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASHORE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXON; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

INVERTEBRATA; PISCES;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; INVERTEBRATES; LOGISTIC MODELS; NITRATES; POPULATION DENSITY; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037158469     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2091     Document Type: Article

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