Diversity of deep-water cetaceans in relation to temperature: Implications for ocean warming

Ecology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1198-1207

  Whitehead, Hal ^a   McGill, Brian ^a   Worm, Boris ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cetacean; Climate change; Dolphin; Marine mammal; Pelagic ocean; Sea temperature; Whale

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CETACEAN; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DEEP WATER; GLOBAL CHANGE; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WARMING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CETACEA; GEOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CETACEA; GEOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 55949128570     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01234.x     Document Type: Article

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