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Long-distance dispersal and the reef-building corals of the Eastern Pacific (1978)

Heck, K. L. ; McCoy, E. D.

Springer

Marine biology 48 (1978), S. 349-356

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ISSN: 1432-1793

Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000

Topics: Biology

Notes: Abstract It is currently widely accepted that the hermatypic coral fauna in the Eastern Pacific Ocean underwent massive extinction during the mid-Tertiary, with subsequent transoceanic colonizatiion by planulae from the Indo-West Pacific region during periods of favorable conditions. We suggest that the available evidence does not strongly support this biogeographic hypothesis; moreover, we contend that it is untestable in its present form. In its place we propose an alternative hypothesis based upon modification of a previously widespread, pan-Tethyan coral biota which has since been modified by tectonic events, speciations, and extinctions.

Type of Medium: Electronic Resource

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00391639

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