Global and Regional Patterns in Riverine Fish Species Richness: A Review

Figure 2

Fish species richness for each river basin as a function of drainage area (a), habitat heterogeneity (b), altitudinal range (c), runoff (d), temperature anomaly (e), LPI (Land-Peninsula-Island) (f), actual evapotranspiration (g), precipitation (h), temperature (i), and precipitation seasonality (j). See Table 1 for variables description.

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