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Can ecological and evolutionary arguments solve the riddle of the missing marine insects?
Author(s) -
Ruxton Graeme D.,
Humphries Stuart
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
marine ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.668
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1439-0485
pISSN - 0173-9565
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2007.00217.x
Subject(s) - ecology , insect , biology
We critically appraise the recent literature on the paucity of marine insects and conclude that this near‐absence does demand explanation; but this explanation is unlikely to be found in the suggested problems of depth for insect respiratory systems. We tentatively suggest some areas where further consideration may yield fruitful answers to this long‐standing evolutionary riddle.