Journal
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
Volume 126, Issue -, Pages 101-112Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.10.087
Keywords
Marine organisms; Marine species-area relationships; Marine endemism patterns; Large-scale biogeographic patterns; Pleistocene sea-level changes; Island biogeography
Funding
- Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (Portugal) [IF/00465/2015]
- FCT, Portugal [SFRH/BD/60366/2009, SFRH/BD/61146/2009, SFRH/BD/77310/2011]
- FRCT/Acores (Fundo Regional para a Ciencia e Tecnologia) [M3.1.a/F/100/2015]
- ECOAQUA Project, European Commission ERA-Chair Program
- FEDER through the Operational Programme for Competitiveness Factors-COMPETE
- National Funds (FCT) [UID/BIA/50027/2013, POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006821]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BD/77310/2011, SFRH/BD/60366/2009, SFRH/BD/61146/2009] Funding Source: FCT
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Past climate changes provide important clues for advancement of studies on current global change biology. We have tested large-scale biogeographic patterns through four marine groups from twelve Atlantic Ocean archipelagos and searched for patterns between species richness/endemism and littoral area, age, isolation, latitude and mean annual sea-surface temperatures. Species richness is strongly correlated with littoral area. Two reinforcing effects take place during glacial episodes: i) species richness is expected to decrease (in comparison with interglacial periods) due to the local disappearance of sandy/muddy-associated species; ii) because littoral area is minimal during glacial episodes, area per se induces a decrease on species richness (by extirpation/extinction of marine species) as well as affecting speciation rates. Maximum speciation rates are expected to occur during the interglacial periods, whereas immigration rates are expected to be higher at the LGM. Finally, sea-level changes are a paramount factor influencing marine biodiversity of animals and plants living on oceanic islands.
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