Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2011
DOI
10.1155/2011/396982
Publication Title
Journal of Marine Biology
Issue
2011
Pages
1-14
Abstract
Extreme concentration of marine biodiversity and exploitation of marine resources in the Coral Triangle pose challenges to biogeographers and resource managers. Comparative phylogeography provides a powerful tool to test biogeographic hypotheses evoked to explain species richness in the Coral Triangle. It can also be used to delineate management units for marine resources. After about a decade of phylogeographical studies, patterns for theCoral Triangle are emerging. Broad connectivity in some species support the notion that larvae have maintained gene flow among distant populations for long periods. Other phylogeographic patterns suggest vicariant events resulting from Pleistocene sea level fluctuations, which have, at least occasionally, resulted in speciation. Divergence dates ranging back to the Miocene suggest that changing land configurations may have precipitated an explosion of species diversification. A synthesis of the marine phylogeographic studies reveals repeated patterns that corroborate hypothesized biogeographic processes and suggest improvedmanagement schemes formarine resources.
Original Publication Citation
Carpenter, K.E., Barber, P.H., Crandall, E.D., Ablan-Lagman, M.C.A., Ambariyanto, Mahardika, G.N., . . . Toha, A.H.A. (2011). Comparative phylogeography of the Coral Triangle and implications for marine management. Journal of Marine Biology, 2011, 1-14. doi: 10.1155/2011/396982
Repository Citation
Carpenter, Kent E.; Barber, Paul H.; Crandall, Eric D.; Ablan-Lagman, Maria Carmen A.; Ambariyanto, Ambariyanto; Mahardika, Gusti Ngurah; Manjaji-Matsumoto, B. Mabel; Junio-Menez, Marie Antonette; Santos, Mudjekeewis D.; Starger, Craig J.; and Toha, Abdul Hamid A., "Comparative Phylogeography of the Coral Triangle and Implications for Marine Management" (2011). Biological Sciences Faculty Publications. 70.
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