Asymptotic size determines species abundance in the marine size spectrum

American Naturalist

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-61

  Andersen, K H ^a   Beyer, J E ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Food web; Life history; Marine ecology; Size spectrum

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; FISH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; SEA;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FISHES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33746225249     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/504849     Document Type: Article

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