Hopping Hotspots: Global shifts in marine biodiversity

Hotspots of high species diversity are a prominent feature of modern global biodiversity patterns. Fossil and molecular evidence is starting to reveal the history of these hotspots. There have been at least three marine biodiversity hotspots during the past 50 million years. They have moved across a...

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Main Authors: Renema, Willem, Bellwood, D., Braga, J, Bromfield, K, Hall, R, Johnson, K, Lunt, P, Meyer, C, McMonagle, L, Morley, R, O'Dea, A, Todd, J, Wesslingh, F, Wilson, Moyra, Pandolfi, J
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Published: The American Association for the Advancement of Science 2008
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31455
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author Renema, Willem
Bellwood, D.
Braga, J
Bromfield, K
Hall, R
Johnson, K
Lunt, P
Meyer, C
McMonagle, L
Morley, R
O'Dea, A
Todd, J
Wesslingh, F
Wilson, Moyra
Pandolfi, J
author_facet Renema, Willem
Bellwood, D.
Braga, J
Bromfield, K
Hall, R
Johnson, K
Lunt, P
Meyer, C
McMonagle, L
Morley, R
O'Dea, A
Todd, J
Wesslingh, F
Wilson, Moyra
Pandolfi, J
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description Hotspots of high species diversity are a prominent feature of modern global biodiversity patterns. Fossil and molecular evidence is starting to reveal the history of these hotspots. There have been at least three marine biodiversity hotspots during the past 50 million years. They have moved across almost half the globe, with their timing and locations coinciding with major tectonic events. The birth and death of successive hotspots highlights the link between environmental change and biodiversity patterns. The antiquity of the taxa in the modern Indo-Australian Archipelago hotspot emphasizes the role of pre-Pleistocene events in shaping modern diversity patterns.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-314552018-03-29T09:09:14Z Hopping Hotspots: Global shifts in marine biodiversity Renema, Willem Bellwood, D. Braga, J Bromfield, K Hall, R Johnson, K Lunt, P Meyer, C McMonagle, L Morley, R O'Dea, A Todd, J Wesslingh, F Wilson, Moyra Pandolfi, J Hotspots of high species diversity are a prominent feature of modern global biodiversity patterns. Fossil and molecular evidence is starting to reveal the history of these hotspots. There have been at least three marine biodiversity hotspots during the past 50 million years. They have moved across almost half the globe, with their timing and locations coinciding with major tectonic events. The birth and death of successive hotspots highlights the link between environmental change and biodiversity patterns. The antiquity of the taxa in the modern Indo-Australian Archipelago hotspot emphasizes the role of pre-Pleistocene events in shaping modern diversity patterns. 2008 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31455 10.1126/science.1155674 The American Association for the Advancement of Science restricted
spellingShingle Renema, Willem
Bellwood, D.
Braga, J
Bromfield, K
Hall, R
Johnson, K
Lunt, P
Meyer, C
McMonagle, L
Morley, R
O'Dea, A
Todd, J
Wesslingh, F
Wilson, Moyra
Pandolfi, J
Hopping Hotspots: Global shifts in marine biodiversity
title Hopping Hotspots: Global shifts in marine biodiversity
title_full Hopping Hotspots: Global shifts in marine biodiversity
title_fullStr Hopping Hotspots: Global shifts in marine biodiversity
title_full_unstemmed Hopping Hotspots: Global shifts in marine biodiversity
title_short Hopping Hotspots: Global shifts in marine biodiversity
title_sort hopping hotspots: global shifts in marine biodiversity
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31455