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Latitudinal range fluctuations in the marine realm through geological time

Crame, J. Alistair ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5027-9965. 1993 Latitudinal range fluctuations in the marine realm through geological time. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 8 (5). 162-166. https://doi.org/10.1016/0169-5347(93)90141-B

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Abstract/Summary

Our concept of polar marine faunas as having evolved in comparative isolation over long periods may need to be revised. New evidence from the Southern Ocean, in particular, suggests that a number of taxa may have had connections with lower-latitude regions in the comparatively recent past. Opportunities for high-low latitude faunal interchange were enhanced considerably by reduced meridional temperature gradients over the greater part of the last 100 million years. Indeed, such is the nature and scope of past latitudinal range fluctuations that they could be major determinants of regional patterns in taxonomic diversity

Item Type: Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): https://doi.org/10.1016/0169-5347(93)90141-B
Programmes: BAS Programmes > Pre 2000 programme
ISSN: 01695347
Date made live: 30 Aug 2017 13:17 +0 (UTC)
URI: https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/517673

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