TY - JOUR
T1 - Historical biogeography of the neotropical Diaptomidae (Crustacea
T2 - Copepoda)
AU - Perbiche-Neves, Gilmar
AU - Previattelli, Daniel
AU - Pie, Marcio R.
AU - Duran, Andressa
AU - Suárez-Morales, Eduardo
AU - Boxshall, Geoffrey A.
AU - Nogueira, Marcos G.
AU - da Rocha, Carlos E.F.
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank to Professor Edinaldo Nelson dos Santos Silva (INPA, Brazil) for useful insight during this study. We also thank FAPESP (process 2008/02015-7, 2009/00014-6, 2011/18358-3) for financial support to GPN; and CNPq for financial support to DP (process 141702/2006-0) and MRP (process 304897/2012-4).
PY - 2014/5/1
Y1 - 2014/5/1
N2 - Introduction: Diaptomid copepods are prevalent throughout continental waters of the Neotropics, yet little is known about their biogeography. In this study we investigate the main biogeographical patterns among the neotropical freshwater diaptomid copepods using Parsimony Analysis of Endemicity (PAE) based on species records within ecoregions. In addition, we assess potential environmental correlates and limits for species richness.Results: PAE was efficient in identifying general areas of endemism. Moreover, only ecoregion area showed a significant correlation with diaptomid species richness, although climatic factors were shown to provide possible upper limits to the species richness in a given ecoregion.Conclusion: The main patterns of endemism in neotropical freshwater diaptomid copepods are highly congruent with other freshwater taxa, suggesting a strong historical signal in determining the distribution of the family in the Neotropics.
AB - Introduction: Diaptomid copepods are prevalent throughout continental waters of the Neotropics, yet little is known about their biogeography. In this study we investigate the main biogeographical patterns among the neotropical freshwater diaptomid copepods using Parsimony Analysis of Endemicity (PAE) based on species records within ecoregions. In addition, we assess potential environmental correlates and limits for species richness.Results: PAE was efficient in identifying general areas of endemism. Moreover, only ecoregion area showed a significant correlation with diaptomid species richness, although climatic factors were shown to provide possible upper limits to the species richness in a given ecoregion.Conclusion: The main patterns of endemism in neotropical freshwater diaptomid copepods are highly congruent with other freshwater taxa, suggesting a strong historical signal in determining the distribution of the family in the Neotropics.
KW - America
KW - Diaptominae
KW - Diversity
KW - Evolution
KW - GIS
KW - PAE
KW - Richness
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U2 - 10.1186/1742-9994-11-36
DO - 10.1186/1742-9994-11-36
M3 - Article (journal)
AN - SCOPUS:84900341492
SN - 1742-9994
VL - 11
SP - 1
EP - 8
JO - Frontiers in Zoology
JF - Frontiers in Zoology
IS - 1
M1 - 36
ER -
