Inês S Martins1,2, Franziska Schrodt3, Shane A Blowes4,5

  • 1Centre for Biological Diversity, School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9TH, Scotland.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|September 7, 2023
PubMed
まとめ

生物の体積は 地球規模での変化によって 縮小しています 主に 種の内での変化ではなく 種の組成の変化によって 縮小しています この傾向は魚類において特に顕著で 個体サイズが小さいにもかかわらず 安定した生態系バイオマスを維持するのに役立ちます

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