Effects of temperature on global patterns of tuna and billfish richness

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 355, Issue , 2008, Pages 267-276

  Boyce, Daniel G ^a   Tittensor, Derek P ^a   Worm, Boris ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Billfish; Diversity; Global distribution; Habitat; Heterothermic; Species richness; Temperature; Tuna

Indexed keywords

ADULT; JUVENILE; MODELING; PERCIFORM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

SCOMBRIDAE; XIPHIIDAE;

EID: 41349108058     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07237     Document Type: Article

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