Body size and trophic level increase with latitude, and decrease in the deep-sea and Antarctica, for marine fish species
The functional traits of species depend both on species’ evolutionary characteristics and their local environmental conditions and opportunities. The temperature-size rule (TSR), gill-oxygen limitation theory (GOLT), and temperature constraint hypothesis (TCH) have been proposed to explain the gradi...
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PeerJ Inc.
2023-09-01
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| Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/15880.pdf |