跳跃热点:海洋生物多样性的全球变化
W Renema1, D R Bellwood, J C Braga
1Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Naturalis, 2300 RA, Leiden, Netherlands. Renema@naturalis.nl
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|August 2, 2008
概括
海洋生物多样性热点在全球范围内已经超过5000万年,与构造事件有关. 过去的热点动态揭示了环境变化.
科学领域:
- 古生物学的古生物学
- 海洋生物学 海洋生物学
- 地质地质地质地质地质地
背景情况:
- 现代生物多样性模式的特点是高物种多样性的热点.
- 了解这些热点的历史动态对于理解当前的生物多样性至关重要.
- 化石和分子证据为生物多样性热点的进化历史提供了洞察力.
研究的目的:
- 研究过去5000万年来海洋生物多样性热点的历史轨迹和驱动因素.
- 探索构造事件,环境变化以及生物多样性热点的形成和迁移之间的关系.
- 评估前普莱斯托时代事件对现代生物多样性热点组成的影响.
主要方法:
- 对化石记录的分析,以确定过去的生物多样性热点.
- 利用分子证据来重建进化历史.
- 与主要的地质和构造事件相关联热点位置和时间.
主要成果:
- 在过去的5000万年里,至少存在了三个不同的海洋生物多样性热点.
- 这些热点已在全球范围内显著迁移,覆盖了近一半的地球.
- 连续热点的出现和消失与主要的构造变化和环境变化相关.
- 印度 - 澳大利亚群岛热点港口古老的种类,表明前普莱斯托时代历史的重要性.
结论:
- 生物多样性模式受到长期环境变化和地质过程的强烈影响.
- 海洋生物多样性热点的历史运动和演变与地球的构造历史密切相关.
- 普世前的地质和进化事件在塑造当代海洋生物多样性方面发挥着重要作用,特别是在像印度-澳大利亚群岛这样的地区.
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