DOI:
10.6073/pasta/4c27d2e778d3325d3830a5142e3839bb
Data set ID:
540
Bergmann’s rule predicts that organisms at higher latitudes are larger than ones at lower latitudes. Here, we examine the body-size pattern of the Atlantic fiddler crab, Minuca (=Uca) pugnax, from salt marshes on the east coast of the United States across 12 degrees of latitude. We found that M. pugnax followed Bergmann’s rule and that, on average, crab carapace width increased by 0.5 mm per degree of latitude. Minuca pugnax body size also followed the temperature-size rule with body size inversely related to mean water temperature.
Publication Date:
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Date Range:
Friday, July 1, 2016 to Thursday, September 1, 2016