1976
Zoogeographic patterns in chaetognaths and some other planktonic organisms
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Bulletin Zoologisch Museum , Volume 5 - Issue 8 p. 59- 67
In this paper an attempt is made to give a general survey of our present knowledge about the relations between distribution patterns and diversity chiefly based on chaetognaths. Six main Zoogeographic patterns are distinguished, viz. cosmopolitan, 40° N to 40° S circumglobal, 30° N to 30° S, biantitropical, circumpolar, and neritic; their relation with holoplankton diversity is discussed. Generally the more limited the distribution of a holoplanktonic species, the less infraspecific variation is observed. The most common pattern is the circumglobal from 40° N to 40° S. No obvious relations between distribution patterns and taxonomic categories could be traced.
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Pierrot-Bults, A. (1976). Zoogeographic patterns in chaetognaths and some other planktonic organisms. Bulletin Zoologisch Museum, 5(8), 59–67. |