Towards a model of postglacial biogeography in shallow marine species along the Patagonian Province: lessons from the limpet <it>Nacella magellanica</it> (Gmelin, 1791)

Towards a model of postglacial biogeography in shallow marine species along the Patagonian Province: lessons from the limpet <it>Nacella magellanica</it> (Gmelin, 1791)

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Patagonia extends for more than 84,000 km of irregular coasts is an area especially apt to evaluate how historic and contemporary processes influence the distribution and connectivity of shallow marine benthic organisms. The true lim...

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Main Authors: González-Wevar Claudio A, Hüne Mathias, Cañete Juan I, Mansilla Andrés, Nakano Tomoyuki, Poulin Elie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-08-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
Quaternary
Cape horn current
Last glacial maximum
Post-glacial recolonization
Expansion-contraction model
<it>Nacella magellanica</it>
Larval dispersal
Asymmetric gene flow
Patagonian Province
Falkland/Malvinas Islands
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/12/139

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