Species-energy relationship in the deep sea: A test using the Quaternary fossil record

Ecology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 739-747

  Hunt, Gene ^a   Cronin, Thomas M ^b   Roy, Kaustuv ^a  

^a University of California at San Diego   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep sea; Foraminifera; Quaternary; Species energy

Indexed keywords

SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 20744452228     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2005.00778.x     Document Type: Article

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