One-way traffic in the western Atlantic: Causes and consequences of Miocene to early Pleistocene molluscan invasions in Florida and the Caribbean

Paleobiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 624-642

  Vermeij, Geerat J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; MIOCENE; MOLLUSC; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; ZANCLEA;

EID: 27244432074     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373(2005)031[0624:OTITWA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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