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Zoogeography of the southern New Zealand, Tasmanian and southern African ascidian fauna
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Primo, C and Vazquez, E, Zoogeography of the southern New Zealand, Tasmanian and southern African ascidian fauna, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 42, (2) pp. 233-256. ISSN 0028-8330 (2008) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.1080/00288330809509951
Abstract
We studied the relationships among the ascidian fauna of southern New Zealand, Tasmania, and southern Africa, considering main currents and surface water temperature. We constructed a presence/absence matrix of 494 ascidian species from these regions (which were also divided into provinces) for 28 biogeographical worldwide regions using published records. Biogeographical areas were classified using cluster analysis combined with non-metric multidimensional scaling ordination. The region classification separated Vema Seamount because of the low number of citations and the high number of ascidian endemism owing to an island effect. The Tasmanian, southern African and southern New Zealand regions formed separate groups. The ascidian fauna was dominated by endemic species in southern New Zealand (43%) and southern Africa (45%), whereas southern Australian species dominated the Tasmanian fauna (41%). © The Royal Society of New Zealand 2008.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Biological Sciences |
Research Group: | Evolutionary biology |
Research Field: | Biogeography and phylogeography |
Objective Division: | Environmental Management |
Objective Group: | Marine systems and management |
Objective Field: | Marine biodiversity |
UTAS Author: | Primo, C (Dr Carmen Primo Perez) |
ID Code: | 57505 |
Year Published: | 2008 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 4 |
Deposited By: | NC Marine Conservation and Resource Sustainability |
Deposited On: | 2009-07-22 |
Last Modified: | 2014-12-18 |
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