Hotspots of cenozoic tropical marine biodiversity

Yasuhara M, Huang HHM, Reuter M, Tian SY, Cybulski JD, O'Dea A, Mamo BL, Cotton LJ, Martino ED, Feng R, Tabor CR, Reygondeau G, Zhao Q, Warne MT, Aye KK, Zhang J, Chao A, Wei CL, Condamine FL, Kocsis Á, Kießling W, Costello MJ, Tittensor DR, Chaudhary C, Rillo MC, Yukidoi H, Dong YW, Cronin TM, Saupe EE, Lotze HK, Johnson KG, Renema W, Pandolfi JM, Harzhauser M, Jackson JB, Hong Y (2022)

Publication Type: Authored book

Publication year: 2022

Publisher: CRC Press

ISBN: 9781000781113

DOI: 10.1201/9781003288602-5

Abstract

Hotspots of tropical marine biodiversity are areas that harbour disproportionately large numbers of species compared to surrounding regions. The richness and location of these hotspots have changed throughout the Cenozoic. Here, we review the global dynamics of Cenozoic tropical marine biodiversity hotspots, including the four major hotspots of the Indo-Australian Archipelago (IAA), western Tethys (present Mediterranean), Arabian Sea and Caribbean Sea. Our review supports the 'Hopping Hotspots' model, which proposes that the locations of peak biodiversity are related to Tethyan faunai elements and track broad-scale shallow-marine habitats and high coastal complexity created by the collision of tectonic plates. A null hypothesis is the 'Whack-A-Mole' model, which proposes that hotspots occur in habitats suitable for high diversity regardless of taxonomie identity or faunai elements. Earlier 'Centre-of theories (e.g. centres of origin with diversity decreasing with distance from supposed areas of exceptionally high rates of speciation, for which easy connection to adjacent regions to the east and west is important) were based on the analysis of recent biotas with no palaeontological foundation, and may better explain diversity dynamics within a hotspot rather than those between hotspots. More recently, however, human disturbance is massively disrupting these natural patterns.

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University of Hong Kong (HKU) / 香港大學 Hong Kong (HK) Universität Greifswald Germany (DE) Columbian College of Arts and Sciences United States (USA) (US) Macquarie University Australia (AU) Natural History Museum of Denmark / Statens Naturhistoriske Museum Denmark (DK) University of Oslo Norway (NO) University of Connecticut United States (USA) (US) University of British Columbia Canada (CA) Ocean University of China / 中国海洋大学 China (CN) Deakin University Australia (AU) National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) Taiwan (TW) National Taiwan University (NTU) Taiwan (TW) University of Montpellier / Université Montpellier France (FR) Dalhousie University Canada (CA) Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI) Germany (DE) University of Hyogo / 兵庫県立大学 Germany (DE) United States Geological Survey (USGS) United States (USA) (US) University of Oxford United Kingdom (GB) Natural History Museum London United Kingdom (GB) Naturalis Biodiversity Center / Nederlands Centrum voor Biodiversiteit Naturalis Netherlands (NL) University of Queensland Australia (AU) Naturhistorisches Museum Wien Austria (AT) American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) United States (USA) (US) Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg Germany (DE)

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APA:

Yasuhara, M., Huang, H.H.M., Reuter, M., Tian, S.Y., Cybulski, J.D., O'Dea, A.,... Hong, Y. (2022). Hotspots of cenozoic tropical marine biodiversity. CRC Press.

MLA:

Yasuhara, Moriaki, et al. Hotspots of cenozoic tropical marine biodiversity. CRC Press, 2022.

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