Species richness, habitable volume, and species densities in freshwater, the sea, and on land

<p>Approximately 0.5–2.0 million eukaryotic species inhabit the seas, whereas 2.0–10.0 million inhabit freshwater or the land. Much has been made of this several-fold difference in species richness but there is little consensus about the causes. Here, I ask a related question: what is the rela...

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Main Author: Michael N Dawson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2012-09-01
Series:Frontiers of Biogeography
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Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/30m4r519
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