Palaeoclimate ocean conditions shaped the evolution of corals and their skeletons through deep time
Identifying how past environmental conditions shaped the evolution of corals and their skeletal traits provides a framework for predicting their persistence and that of their non-calcifying relatives under impending global warming and ocean acidification. Here we show that ocean geochemistry, partic...
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ftjamescook:oai:researchonline.jcu.edu.au:64448 2024-02-11T10:07:31+01:00 Palaeoclimate ocean conditions shaped the evolution of corals and their skeletons through deep time Quattrini, Andrea M. Rodriguez, Estefania Faircloth, Brant C. Cowman, Peter F. Brugler, Mercer A. Farfan, Gabriela A. Hellberg, Michael E. Kitahara, Marcelo V. Morrison, Cheryl L. Paz-Garcia, David A. Reimer, James D. McFadden, Catherine S. 2020 application/pdf https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/64448/1/64448_Quattrini_et_al-2020.pdf unknown Springer https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-01291-1 https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/64448/ https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/64448/1/64448_Quattrini_et_al-2020.pdf Quattrini, Andrea M., Rodriguez, Estefania, Faircloth, Brant C., Cowman, Peter F., Brugler, Mercer A., Farfan, Gabriela A., Hellberg, Michael E., Kitahara, Marcelo V., Morrison, Cheryl L., Paz-Garcia, David A., Reimer, James D., and McFadden, Catherine S. (2020) Palaeoclimate ocean conditions shaped the evolution of corals and their skeletons through deep time. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 4. pp. 1531-1538. restricted Article PeerReviewed 2020 ftjamescook https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-01291-1 2024-01-22T23:46:42Z Identifying how past environmental conditions shaped the evolution of corals and their skeletal traits provides a framework for predicting their persistence and that of their non-calcifying relatives under impending global warming and ocean acidification. Here we show that ocean geochemistry, particularly aragonite-calcite seas, drives patterns of morphological evolution in anthozoans (corals, sea anemones) by examining skeletal traits in the context of a robust, time-calibrated phylogeny. The lability of skeletal composition among octocorals suggests a greater ability to adapt to changes in ocean chemistry compared with the homogeneity of the aragonitic skeleton of scleractinian corals. Pulses of diversification in anthozoans follow mass extinctions and reef crises, with sea anemones and proteinaceous corals filling empty niches as tropical reef builders went extinct. Changing environmental conditions will likely diminish aragonitic reef-building scleractinians, but the evolutionary history of the Anthozoa suggests other groups will persist and diversify in their wake. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification James Cook University, Australia: ResearchOnline@JCU Nature Ecology & Evolution 4 11 1531 1538 |
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Identifying how past environmental conditions shaped the evolution of corals and their skeletal traits provides a framework for predicting their persistence and that of their non-calcifying relatives under impending global warming and ocean acidification. Here we show that ocean geochemistry, particularly aragonite-calcite seas, drives patterns of morphological evolution in anthozoans (corals, sea anemones) by examining skeletal traits in the context of a robust, time-calibrated phylogeny. The lability of skeletal composition among octocorals suggests a greater ability to adapt to changes in ocean chemistry compared with the homogeneity of the aragonitic skeleton of scleractinian corals. Pulses of diversification in anthozoans follow mass extinctions and reef crises, with sea anemones and proteinaceous corals filling empty niches as tropical reef builders went extinct. Changing environmental conditions will likely diminish aragonitic reef-building scleractinians, but the evolutionary history of the Anthozoa suggests other groups will persist and diversify in their wake. |
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Quattrini, Andrea M. Rodriguez, Estefania Faircloth, Brant C. Cowman, Peter F. Brugler, Mercer A. Farfan, Gabriela A. Hellberg, Michael E. Kitahara, Marcelo V. Morrison, Cheryl L. Paz-Garcia, David A. Reimer, James D. McFadden, Catherine S. |
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Quattrini, Andrea M. Rodriguez, Estefania Faircloth, Brant C. Cowman, Peter F. Brugler, Mercer A. Farfan, Gabriela A. Hellberg, Michael E. Kitahara, Marcelo V. Morrison, Cheryl L. Paz-Garcia, David A. Reimer, James D. McFadden, Catherine S. Palaeoclimate ocean conditions shaped the evolution of corals and their skeletons through deep time |
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Quattrini, Andrea M. Rodriguez, Estefania Faircloth, Brant C. Cowman, Peter F. Brugler, Mercer A. Farfan, Gabriela A. Hellberg, Michael E. Kitahara, Marcelo V. Morrison, Cheryl L. Paz-Garcia, David A. Reimer, James D. McFadden, Catherine S. |
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Palaeoclimate ocean conditions shaped the evolution of corals and their skeletons through deep time |
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Palaeoclimate ocean conditions shaped the evolution of corals and their skeletons through deep time |
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Palaeoclimate ocean conditions shaped the evolution of corals and their skeletons through deep time |
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Palaeoclimate ocean conditions shaped the evolution of corals and their skeletons through deep time |
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palaeoclimate ocean conditions shaped the evolution of corals and their skeletons through deep time |
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