大西洋沿岸の平原の軟体類の多様性は,プレオセーン時代以降から存在している
まとめ
絶滅率が高いにもかかわらず,熱帯西大西洋のガストロポッドの多様性は,平生期以来,バランスのとれた起源率のおかげで安定しています. これは,海洋生物多様性の減少に対する認識に異議を唱える.
科学分野:
- パレオントロジー・パレオントロジー
- マリン・バイオロジー マリン・バイオロジー
- エコロジー エコロジー エコロジー
背景:
- プレオセーン期以来,熱帯西大西洋で顕著なモルスクの絶滅 (70%) が記録されています.
- 認識は,これらの絶滅のために海洋生物多様性の減少を示唆しています.
研究 の 目的:
- プレオセーン時代以降の西大西洋におけるガストロポッドの地域的な多様性の変化を調査する.
- 異なる地域におけるプレオセーンと最近のガストロポッドの多様性を比較する.
主な方法:
- Plio-Pleistocene faunas (米国大西洋沿岸平原) と最近の西大西洋のファウナからガストロポッド種のデータをまとめました. 最近の西大西洋ファウナ.
- プレオセーンと最近の時代の間のガストロポッドの多様性の比較分析と地理的地域における比較分析.
主要な成果:
- 地域的な胃類の多様性は,プレオセーン期以来,一定に保たれている.
- フロリダのパインクレスト・ベッドのプレオセンのガストロポッドの多様性は,フロリダの海岸の最近の多様性と比較できます.
- 最近のガストロポッドの多様性は,熱帯の西大西洋と熱帯の東太平洋の間に大きな違いを示さない.
結論:
- 熱帯西大西洋における高い絶滅率は,同様に高い起源率によって相殺されています.
- 地域的な海洋生物多様性は,重要な種の転移にもかかわらず維持されています.
- 胃足類の動物組成は変化しているが,全体的な多様性は安定している.
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