Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Big Advantage for the Small

New research out of IFM-GEOMAR makes the case that:
... reduced body size is the third universal ecological response to global warming in aquatic systems besides the shift of species ranges toward higher altitudes and latitudes and the seasonal shifts in life cycle events.

Read the article at PNAS:
Global warming benefits the small in aquatic ecosystems.[Subscription Required]

Read the press release at IFM-GEOMAR

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