Defining and dividing the Greater Caribbean: Insights from the biogeography of shorefishes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Robertson, D Ross ^a   Cramer, Katie L ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CORAL REEF; DEMERSAL FISH; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FISH; MANGROVE; NONHUMAN; SEASHORE; SEAWATER UPWELLING; SHOREFISH; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TROPICS; WATER TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CARIBBEAN; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CARIBBEAN REGION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FISHES;

EID: 84904645095     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102918     Document Type: Article

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