Patterns of distribution and processes of speciation in Brazilian reef fishes

By Luiz A. Rocha. 2003

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Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Phylogeography and the conservation of coral reef fishes (2007, background): “…outXow of the Amazon river in north-eastern South America separates Brazil from the Caribbean and is known as the Amazon barrier (reviewed in Rocha 2003); (4) the cold water upwelling around southern Africa separates the tropical Atlantic from the Indian Ocean and is known as the Benguela…”
Morphological and genetic description of Octopus insularis, a new cryptic species in the Octopus vulgaris complex (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from the tropical southwestern Atlantic (2008, background): “Unlike some reef fishes that show biogeographical (Rocha, 2003) and genetic (Rocha et al.”
Trophic structure patterns of Brazilian reef fishes: a latitudinal comparison (2004, background): “distribution (Rocha, 2003), with highest abundance in Arraial do Cabo (Fig.”
Atlantic reef fish biogeography and evolution (2007, background): “The relationship of the Brazilian oceanic islands with the Brazilian Province also supported Briggs (1974, 1995), Lubbock & Edwards (1981), Gasparini & Floeter (2001), Rocha (2003) and Feitoza et al. (2003) in that these islands are impoverished outposts of the Brazilian Province.”
Speciation in coral-reef fishes (2008, background): “, 2006), and the barrier’s effectiveness varies through time (Rocha, 2003).”
South‐western Atlantic reef fishes: Zoogeographical patterns and ecological drivers reveal a secondary biodiversity centre in the Atlantic Ocean (2018, background): “…outside Brazil—15 species in the Caribbean, MidAtlantic Ridge and/or eastern Atlantic, and seven in the Argentinian Province (Galván, Venerus, & Irigoyen, 2009; Freitas et al., 2014; present paper), may decrease the number of Brazilian endemics (see Rocha, 2003) to 89 species (from 26% to 22%).”
Shifting seas: the impacts of Pleistocene sea‐level fluctuations on the evolution of tropical marine taxa (2015, background): “Barriers in the Atlantic also increased in strength during low sea levels, and the main barrier separating Brazil and the Caribbean, the Amazon outflow, probably became less permeable because a deep reef corridor where sponges provide structure, which presently serves as a stepping stone between tho”
The marine East Indies: diversity and speciation (2005, background): “The influence of such species is considered to be related to their mode of speciation.”
Phylogeography of two Atlantic squirrelfishes (Family Holocentridae): exploring links between pelagic larval duration and population connectivity (2006, background): “Phylogeography The Caribbean and Brazilian reefs are separated by the freshwater outflows of the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers, and associated soft bottom habitats (Floeter and Gasparini 2000; Rocha 2003).”
Fish biodiversity and conservation in South America. (2016, background): “The north-west Pacific basin complex encompasses territories of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Chile (FEOW 301, 336 and 339) and includes all river basins from the Atrato in the north, which empties into the Caribbean, to the many short, high gradient rivers on the Pacific slope of the Andes f”
The Fishes of the Amazon: Distribution and Biogeographical Patterns, with a Comprehensive List of Species (2019, background): “An immense freshwater plume is formed by the discharge of the Amazon in the Atlantic (Goulding et al., 2003; Rocha, 2003).”
Mitochondrial DNA and Color Pattern Variation in Three Western Atlantic Halichoeres (Labridae), with the Revalidation of Two Species (2004, background): “…were sampled, analyses of DNA variation demonstrated the presence of deeply divergent evolutionary partitions in several species, such as bonefishes (Colborn et al., 2001), blennies (Muss et al., 2001), surgeonfishes (Rocha et al., 2002), groupers (Carlin et al., 2003), and wrasses (Rocha, 2003a).”
Eurythoe complanata (Polychaeta: Amphinomidae), the ‘cosmopolitan’ fireworm, consists of at least three cryptic species (2010, background): “Reef and intertidal Wshes exemplify the contrasting role of the Amazon River plume as a biogeographical barrier for marine species between Brazil and Caribbean region ( Rocha 2003; Lima et al. 2005).”