Diatoms can be an important exception to temperature-size rules at species and community levels of organization

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3540-3552

  Adams, Georgina L ^a   Pichler, Doris E ^b   Cox, Eileen J ^c   O'Gorman, Eoin J ^a,b   Seeney, Alex ^b   Woodward, Guy ^a,b   Reuman, Daniel C ^a,d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bergmann's rule; Climate change; Community size structure; Diatoms; Global warming; James' rule; Phytobenthos; Phytoplankton; Temperature size relationships; Temperature size rule

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIATOM; GLOBAL WARMING; PHYTOBENTHOS; PHYTOPLANKTON; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

ARTICLE; BERGMANN'S RULE; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY SIZE STRUCTURE; CYTOLOGY; DIATOM; ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; ICELAND; JAMES' RULE; PHYTOBENTHOS; PHYTOPLANKTON; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE-SIZE RELATIONSHIPS; TEMPERATURE-SIZE RULE;

BERGMANN'S RULE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY SIZE STRUCTURE; DIATOMS; GLOBAL WARMING; JAMES' RULE; PHYTOBENTHOS; PHYTOPLANKTON; TEMPERATURE-SIZE RELATIONSHIPS; TEMPERATURE-SIZE RULE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIATOMS; ECOSYSTEM; ICELAND; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84885431428     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12285     Document Type: Article

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