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 |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2012-09-01
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| Series: | Frontiers of Biogeography |
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| Online Access: | http://escholarship.org/uc/item/30m4r519 |
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