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A comparative study of asymmetric migration events across a marine biogeographic boundary.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Feb 2001
Wares J P, Gaines S D, Cunningham C W
Abstract excerpt
In many nonclonal, benthic marine species, geographic distribution is mediated by the dispersal of their larvae. The dispersal and recruitment of marine larvae may be limited by temperature gradients that can affect mortality or by ocean currents that can directly affect the movements of pelagic larvae. We focus on Point Conception, a well-known biogeographic boundary between the Californian and Oregonian...
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