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Cryptic diversity in Indo-Pacific coral-reef fishes revealed by DNA-barcoding provides new support to the centre-of-overlap hypothesis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Hubert Nicolas, Meyer Christopher P, Bruggemann Henrich J, Guérin Fabien, Komeno Roberto J L, Espiau Benoit, Causse Romain, Williams Jeffrey T, Planes Serge
Abstract excerpt
Diversity in coral reef fishes is not evenly distributed and tends to accumulate in the Indo-Malay-Philippines Archipelago (IMPA). The comprehension of the mechanisms that initiated this pattern is in its infancy despite its importance for the conservation of coral reefs. Considering the IMPA either as an area of overlap or a cradle of marine biodiversity, the hypotheses proposed to account for this pattern rely...
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