Effect of the East Siberian barrier on the echinoderm dispersal in the Arctic Ocean |
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Authors: | A N Mironov A B Dilman |
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Institution: | 1.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology,Russian Academy of Sciences,Moscow,Russia |
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Abstract: | The distributional patterns were analyzed for 43 species and 33 genera of echinoderms in the Laptev and East Siberian seas
and for 59 species and 35 genera of the asteroid species in the Arctic Ocean. The probable colonization route through the
Arctic was suggested for each species based on (1) the distributional patterns of the Arctic species, (2) the distributional
patterns of the closely related species, and (3) the location of the center of the diversity of the species belonging to a
certain genus. The species of the Pacific origin prevailed in the asteroid fauna of the Arctic seas. The asteroid species
diversity and the ratio of the species of Pacific origin decreased from the Barents towards the Laptev Sea and increased,
respectively, in the East Siberian and the Chukchee seas. The species range limits were found for 19 species in the East Siberian
Sea compared to only 3 species in the Laptev Sea. The East Siberian Sea was a limiting area for the dispersal of four species
groups: (1) invaders from the North Pacific dispersing along the Asian coast of the Arctic (shallow-water stenobathic species),
(2) invaders from the North Pacific dispersing along the American coast of the Arctic and further on back into the Arctic
along the Eurasian coast (secondarily Atlantic species); (3) originally invaders from the Northern Atlantic; (4) representatives
of the Arctic autochthonous fauna. A great width of the biotic boundaries (i.e., the zones of the species range boundaries
crowding) was typical for the Arctic Basin, which was a sign of their young geological age. |
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