Deconstructing bathymetric body size patterns in deep-sea gastropods

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 297, Issue , 2005, Pages 181-187

  McClain, Craig R ^a   Rex, Michael A ^b   Jabbour, Randa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic; Body size; Deep sea; Productivity; Quantile regression; Source sink dynamics; Western North Atlantic

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BODY SIZE; CLINE; DEEP SEA; GASTROPOD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

GASTROPODA; HERE (GASTROPOD);

EID: 24044434623     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps297181     Document Type: Article

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