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Elevated rates of morphological and functional diversification in reef-dwelling haemulid fishes.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Feb 2013
Price Samantha A, Tavera Jose J, Near Thomas J, Wainwright Peter C
Abstract excerpt
The relationship between habitat complexity and species richness is well established but comparatively little is known about the evolution of morphological diversity in complex habitats. Reefs are structurally complex, highly productive shallow-water marine ecosystems found in tropical (coral reefs) and temperate zones (rocky reefs) that harbor exceptional levels of biodiversity. We investigated whether reef...
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