Sizing ocean giants: patterns of intraspecific size variation in marine megafauna

Sizing ocean giants: patterns of intraspecific size variation in marine megafauna

What are the greatest sizes that the largest marine megafauna obtain? This is a simple question with a difficult and complex answer. Many of the largest-sized species occur in the world’s oceans. For many of these, rarity, remoteness, and quite simply the logistics of measuring these giants has made...

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Main Authors: Craig R. McClain, Meghan A. Balk, Mark C. Benfield, Trevor A. Branch, Catherine Chen, James Cosgrove, Alistair D.M. Dove, Lindsay C. Gaskins, Rebecca R. Helm, Frederick G. Hochberg, Frank B. Lee, Andrea Marshall, Steven E. McMurray, Caroline Schanche, Shane N. Stone, Andrew D. Thaler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2015-01-01
Series:PeerJ
Subjects:
Body size
Megafauna
Allometry
Cline
Intraspecific variation
Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/715.pdf

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