Large-scale biogeographic patterns in marine mollusks: A confluence of history and productivity?

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2288-2297

  Rex, Michael A ^a   Crame, J Alistair ^b   Stuart, Carol T ^a   Clarke, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bathymetric gradients; History; Latitudinal gradients; Marine mollusks; Productivity; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANTHOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 23944484411     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1056     Document Type: Article

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