Environmental determinants of latitudinal size-trends in cephalopods
2012; Inter-Research; Volume: 464; Linguagem: Inglês
10.3354/meps09822
ISSN1616-1599
AutoresRui Rosa, Llúcia González, HM Dierssen, BA Seibel,
Tópico(s)Marine and fisheries research
ResumoMEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsTheme Sections MEPS 464:153-165 (2012) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09822 Environmental determinants of latitudinal size-trends in cephalopods Rui Rosa1,*, Liliana Gonzalez2, Heidi M. Dierssen3, Brad A. Seibel4 1Laboratório Marítimo da Guia, Centro de Oceanografia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Nossa Senhora do Cabo, 939, 2750-374 Cascais, Portugal 2Department of Computer Science and Statistics, University of Rhode Island, 9 Greenhouse Road, Kingston, Rhode Island 02881, USA 3Department of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut, 1080 Shennecossett Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340-6048, USA 4Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island, 100 Flagg Road, Kingston, Rhode Island 02881, USA *Email: rrosa@fc.ul.pt ABSTRACT: Understanding patterns of body size variation is a fundamental goal in ecology, but although well studied in the terrestrial biota, little is known about broad-scale latitudinal trends of body size in marine fauna and much less about the factors that drive them. We conducted a comprehensive survey of interspecific body size patterns in coastal cephalopod mollusks, covering both hemispheres in the western and eastern Atlantic. We investigated the relationship between body size and thermal energy, resource and habitat availability and depth ranges. Both latitude and depth range had a significant effect on maximum body size in each of the major cephalopod groups (cuttlefishes, squids and octopuses). We observed significant negative associations between sea surface temperature (SST) and body size. No consistent relationships between body size and either net primary productivity (NPP), habitat extent (shelf area) or environmental variation (range of SST and NPP) were found. Thus, temperature seemed to play the most important role in structuring the distribution of cephalopod body size along the continental shelves of the Atlantic Ocean, and resource availability, seasonality or competition only played a limited role in determining latitudinal body size patterns. KEY WORDS: Body size · Ectotherms · Cephalopods · Thermal energy · Resource availability · Latitude · Temperature-size rule Full text in pdf format PreviousNextCite this article as: Rosa R, Gonzalez L, Dierssen HM, Seibel BA (2012) Environmental determinants of latitudinal size-trends in cephalopods. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 464:153-165. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09822 Export citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in MEPS Vol. 464. Online publication date: September 19, 2012 Print ISSN: 0171-8630; Online ISSN: 1616-1599 Copyright © 2012 Inter-Research.
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