The adaptive evolution of polar fishes: Lessons from the function of hemoproteins
Verde, C.; Giordano, D.; Russo, R.; di Prisco, G. (2012). The adaptive evolution of polar fishes: Lessons from the function of hemoproteins, in: di Prisco, G. et al. Adaptation and Evolution in Marine Environments, Volume 1. The Impacts of Global Change on Biodiversity. From Pole to Pole, : pp. 197-213. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27352-0_11 In: di Prisco, G.; Verde, C. (Ed.) (2012). Adaptation and Evolution in Marine Environments, Volume 1. The Impacts of Global Change on Biodiversity. From Pole to Pole. Springer: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-642-27352-0. xxiv, 222 pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27352-0, more In: From Pole to Pole. Springer: Heidelberg; Berlin. ISSN 2193-7338; e-ISSN 2193-7346, more |  |
| Authors | | Top | - Verde, C.
- Giordano, D.
- Russo, R.
- di Prisco, G.
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| Abstract | The perciform suborder Notothenioidei, mostly confined within Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters, dominates the modern Southern Ocean ichthyofauna. Notothenioids probably appeared in the early Tertiary and began to diversify on the Antarctic shelf in the middle Tertiary, adapting to progressive cooling (Eastman 1993). Notothenioids are morphologically and ecologically diverse, and account for 77% of the shelf fish diversity, 92% of abundance and 91% of biomass (Eastman 2005). They are monophyletic (Balushkin 2000; Chen et al. 2003; Near et al. 2004). |
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