Ecological traits influencing range expansion across large oceanic dispersal barriers: Insights from tropical Atlantic reef fishes

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1730, 2012, Pages 1033-1040

  Luiz, Osmar J ^a   Madin, Joshua S ^a   Ross Robertson, D ^b   Rocha, Luiz A ^c   Wirtz, Peter ^d   Floeter, Sergio R ^e  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c Section of Ichthyology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon Orinoco Plume; Biogeographic barriers; Body size; Larval development mode; Macroecology; Rafting

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BODY SIZE; DEEP WATER; DISPERSAL; FISH; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LATITUDE; LINEARITY; MACROECOLOGY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOVEMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RANGE EXPANSION; REEF; TAXONOMY; TOLERANCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

PISCES;

EID: 84856292036     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1525     Document Type: Article

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