Towards an understanding of the pattern of biodiversity in the oceans

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 440-449

  Beaugrand, Grégory ^a,b   Rombouts, Isabelle ^a   Kirby, Richard R ^c  

^a Laboratoire d Océanologie et de Géosciences   (France)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate; Diversity; Latitudinal gradient; Mid domain effect; Niche; Oceans; Plankton; Rapoport effect; Temperature; Vacant niches

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GLOBAL OCEAN; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NICHE; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

COPEPODA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84874741817     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12009     Document Type: Article

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