Marine shelf habitat: Biogeography and evolution

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1023-1035

  Briggs, John C ^a   Bowen, Brian W ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Centres of origin; Dispersal; Endemism; Evolution; Marine biogeography; Marine provinces; Phylogeography; Speciation

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; ENDEMISM; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SHALLOW WATER; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84878012020     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12082     Document Type: Article

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