Patterns and drivers of species diversity in the Indo-Pacific red seaweed Portieria

F Leliaert; DA Payo; CFD Gurgel; T Schils; SGA Draisma; GW Saunders; M Kamiya; AR Sherwood; SM Lin; J Huisman; L Le Gall; RJ Anderson; J Bolton; L Mattio; M Zubia; T Spokes; C Vieira; CE Payri; E Coppejans; S D'hondt; H Verbruggen; O De Clerck

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Patterns and drivers of species diversity in the Indo-Pacific red seaweed Portieria

F Leliaert, DA Payo, CFD Gurgel, T Schils, SGA Draisma, GW Saunders, M Kamiya, AR Sherwood, SM Lin, J Huisman, L Le Gall, RJ Anderson, J Bolton, L Mattio, M Zubia, T Spokes, C Vieira, CE Payri, E Coppejans, S D'hondt Show all

Journal of Biogeography | WILEY | Published : 2018

DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13410

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Abstract

Aim: Biogeographical processes underlying Indo-Pacific biodiversity patterns have been relatively well studied in marine shallow water invertebrates and fishes, but have been explored much less extensively in seaweeds, despite these organisms often displaying markedly different patterns. Using the marine red alga Portieria as a model, we aim to gain understanding of the evolutionary processes generating seaweed biogeographical patterns. Our results will be evaluated and compared with known patterns and processes in animals. Location: Indo-Pacific marine region. Methods: Species diversity estimates were inferred using DNA-based species delimitation methods. Historical biogeographical patterns..

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Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO), Grant/Award Number: GOH3817N; Flemish Interuniversity Council (VLIR); Global Taxonomy Initiative; Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences; Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS), Grant/Award Number: 209-62; Australian Biological Resources Study, Grant/Award Number: RFL213-08; Australian Research Council, Grant/Award Number: DP150100705, FT110100585; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq), Grant/Award Number: PQ-309658/2016-0; National Research Foundation (South Africa); Schure-Beijerinck-Popping Fund; Census of Coral Reefs Life - Australia (CReefs); World Wildlife Fund; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC); Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, Grant/Award Number: ALW-NWO 852.000.50, WOTRO-NWO R 85-38; Thailand Research Fund, Grant/Award Number: RSA6080057; Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation; Total Foundation; EMBRC Belgium