Patterns of distribution and processes of speciation in Brazilian reef fishes

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1161-1171

  Rocha, Luiz A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon barrier; Dispersal; Endemism; Paleo oceanography; Pleistocene sea level; Vicariance; Western Atlantic

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; ENDEMISM; FISH; NATURAL BARRIER; RIVER DISCHARGE; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); VICARIANCE; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL;

PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0042233620     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00900.x     Document Type: Article

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