This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution
Access options
Subscribe to this journal
Receive 51 print issues and online access
$199.00 per year
only $3.90 per issue
Buy this article
- Purchase on Springer Link
- Instant access to full article PDF
Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout
References
Grassle, J. F. & Maciolek, N. J. Am. Nat. 139, 313–341 (1992).
Erwin, T. L. Coleopt. Bull. 36, 74–75 (1982).
Gaston, K. J. Conserv. Biol. 5, 283–296 (1991).
Stork, N. E. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 35, 321–337 (1988).
May, R. M. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B330, 293–304 (1990).
Hodkinson, I. D. & Casson, D. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 43, 101–109 (1991).
Hawkesworth, D. L. Mycol. Res. 95, 641–655 (1991).
May, R. M. Nature 352, 475–476 (1991).
Ward, D. M., Weller, R. & Bateson, M. M. Nature 345, 63–65 (1990).
Giovannoni, S. J., Britschgi, T. B., Moyer, C. L. & Field, K. G. Nature 345, 60–63 (1990).
Barnes, R. D. Am. Zool. 29, 1075–1084 (1989).
Hammond, P. M. in Global Biodiversity (ed. Groombridge, B.) 19–37 (Chapman & Hall, London, 1992).
Colinvaux, P. Why Big Fierce Animals are Rare (Princeton University Press, 1980).
Blake, J. A. et al. Biological Processes on the US South Atlantic Slope and Rise (US Dept Interior, Washington, DC, 1987).
Atkinson, W. D. & Shorrocks, B. J. anim. Ecol. 50, 461–471 (1981).
Ives, A. R. Ann. Zool. Fennici 25, 75–88 (1988).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
May, R. Bottoms up for the oceans. Nature 357, 278–279 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1038/357278a0
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/357278a0
This article is cited by
-
Invertebrate diversity of the unexplored marine western margin of Australia: taxonomy and implications for global biodiversity
Marine Biodiversity (2015)
-
Towards a pan-Arctic inventory of the species diversity of the macro- and megabenthic fauna of the Arctic shelf seas
Marine Biodiversity (2011)
-
Re-assessing current extinction rates
Biodiversity and Conservation (2010)