Breaking bergmann's rule: Truncation of northwest atlantic marine fish body sizes

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2499-2505

  Fisher, Jonathan A D ^a,b   Frank, Kenneth T ^b   Leggett, William C ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bergmann's rule; Body size; Macroecology; Marine fish; Northwest Atlantic; Temporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BERGMANN RULE; BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FISH; GROWTH RATE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MACROECOLOGY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BODY SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BODY SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; TIME FACTORS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 77956570401     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1914.1     Document Type: Article

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