Article
Sea-level driven glacial-age refugia and post-glacial mixing on subtropical coasts, a palaeohabitat and genetic study.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 30 Nov 2016
Dolby Greer A, Hechinger Ryan, Ellingson Ryan A, Findley Lloyd T, Lorda Julio, Jacobs David K
Abstract excerpt
Using a novel combination of palaeohabitat modelling and genetic mixture analyses, we identify and assess a sea-level-driven recolonization process following the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Our palaeohabitat modelling reveals dramatic changes in estuarine habitat distribution along the coast of California (USA) and Baja California (Mexico). At the LGM (approx. 20 kya), when sea level was approximately 130 m...
Topics
- Animals
- Bayes Theorem
- California
- Ecosystem
- Estuaries
- Fishes
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Mexico
- Models, Biological
- Refugium
