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Latitudinal Variations in Body Size and Species Diversity in Marine Decapod Crustaceans of the Continental Shelf

✍ Scribed by D. H. Steele

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1988
Tongue: English
Weight: 690 KB
Volume: 73
Category: Article
ISSN: 1434-2944
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.19880730209

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✦ Synopsis

The number of spezies of cnridean, brachyuran and unomuran decapods increases from high to low latitudes in both hemispheres. This is shown t o be due mainly t o changes in the abundance of small species. Possible explanations for these variations in abundance are discussed. The other infraorders of decnpods are confined to mid and low latitudes.

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