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Marine Island Biogeography. Response To Comment On 'island Biogeography: Patterns Of Marine Shallow-water Organisms'
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Journal Of Biogeography. Wiley-blackwell, v. 43, p. 2517 - 2519, 2016.
0305-0270
1365-2699
WOS:000388870000020
10.1111/jbi.12863
Author
Hachich
Nayara F.; Bonsall
Michael B.; Arraut
Eduardo M.; Barneche
Diego R.; Lewinsohn
Thomas M.; Floeter
Sergio R.
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Abstract
In this response we have incorporated data on gastropod and seaweed biodiversity referred to by Avila et al. ( 2016, Journal of Biogeography, doi:10.1111/jbi.12816) to allow an updated analysis on marine shallow-water biogeography patterns. When compared to the biogeography patterns reported in Hachich et al. ( 2015, Journal of Biogeography, 42, 1871-1882), we find ( 1) no differences in the patterns originally reported for reef fish or seaweeds, ( 2) minor differences in gastropod species-area and species-age patterns and ( 3) a significant difference for the gastropod species-isolation pattern. In our original work, we reported that there was limited evidence that gastropod species richness was influenced by island isolation; however, our new analysis reveals a power-model relationship between these variables. Thus, we are now able to conclude that gastropod species diversity, whose dispersal capacity is intermediate between seaweeds ( lowest) and reef fish ( highest), is also influenced by island isolation. 43 12 2517 2519