Species range size distributions for some marine taxa in the Atlantic Ocean. Effect of latitude and depth

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 437-455

  Macpherson, E ^a  

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

Author keywords

Atlantic ocean; Biogeography; Geographical range; Rapoport's rule

Indexed keywords

DEPTH; FISH; INVERTEBRATE; LATITUDE; RANGE SIZE; RAPOPORT RULE; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

CEPHALOPODA; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES; STOMATOPODA;

EID: 0344152341     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8312.2003.00256.x     Document Type: Article

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