Fishes of southern South America: a story driven by temperature

• Published in: Fish physiology and biochemistry Vol. 35; no. 1; pp. 29 - 42
• Main Authors: Cussac, V. E, Fernández, D. A, Gómez, S. E, López, H. L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands 01.03.2009; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: anatomy & histology; Animal Anatomy; Animal Biochemistry; Animal Physiology; Animals; Argentina; Biodiversity; biogeography; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Climate change; Fish; Fishes; Fishes - anatomy & histology; Fishes - physiology; Fresh Water; Freshwater; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Freshwater fish; Greenhouse Effect; Habitat utilization; habitats; Histology; indigenous species; Life history; Life Sciences; Low temperature; Marine fish; Morphology; oceans; physiology; Pisces; South America; Streams; Temperature; Temperature gradients; temperature profiles; Time Factors; Water temperature; Zoology; South America; Argentina; ASW, South America; Marine; Neotropical region; Thermal biology; Austral subregion; Biodiversity; Ecophysiology; Autoecology; Freshwater

The latitudinal extension of southern South America imposes a thermal gradient that affects the structure of marine and freshwater fish assemblages and the biology of the species through direct exposure to the temperature gradients or by means of a web of historical and ecological relationships. We...