Scales and mechanisms of marine hotspot formation

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 487, Issue , 2013, Pages 177-183

  Hazen, Elliott L ^a,b   Suryan, Robert M ^c   Santora, Jarrod A ^b,d   Bograd, Steven J ^a   Watanuki, Yutaka ^e   Wilson, Rory P ^f  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FARALLON INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (United States)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregations; Biodiversity; Bottom up processes; Hotspot; Marine conservation; Ocean features

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BREEDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; HABITAT; HOT SPOT; PERSISTENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84881032900     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10477     Document Type: Review

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