The biogeography of lower Mesoamerican freshwater fishes

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1835-1854

  Smith, Scott A ^a,b   Bermingham, Eldredge ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Biogeography; Community assembly; Dispersal; Freshwater fish; Mesoamerica; Regional processes; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; FISH; FRESHWATER; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; MESOAMERICAN BARRIER REEF;

PISCES;

EID: 33745348139     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01317.x     Document Type: Article

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