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Hou S, Stap LB, Paul R, Nelissen M, Hoem FS, Ziegler M, Sluijs A, Sangiorgi F, Bijl PK. Reconciling Southern Ocean fronts equatorward migration with minor Antarctic ice volume change during Miocene cooling. Nat Commun 2023; 14:7230. [PMID: 37945579 PMCID: PMC10636158 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43106-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023] Open
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Gradual climate cooling and CO2 decline in the Miocene were recently shown not to be associated with major ice volume expansion, challenging a fundamental paradigm in the functioning of the Antarctic cryosphere. Here, we explore Miocene ice-ocean-climate interactions by presenting a multi-proxy reconstruction of subtropical front migration, bottom water temperature and global ice volume change, using dinoflagellate cyst biogeography, benthic foraminiferal clumped isotopes from offshore Tasmania. We report an equatorward frontal migration and strengthening, concurrent with surface and deep ocean cooling but absence of ice volume change in the mid-late-Miocene. To reconcile these counterintuitive findings, we argue based on new ice sheet modelling that the Antarctic ice sheet progressively lowered in height while expanding seawards, to maintain a stable volume. This can be achieved with rigorous intervention in model precipitation regimes on Antarctica and ice-induced ocean cooling and requires rethinking the interactions between ice, ocean and climate.
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- Suning Hou
- Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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- Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research, Texel, The Netherlands
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Petrick B, Reuning L, Auer G, Zhang Y, Pfeiffer M, Schwark L. Warm, not cold temperatures contributed to a Late Miocene reef decline in the Coral Sea. Sci Rep 2023; 13:4015. [PMID: 36899047 PMCID: PMC10006184 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-31034-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2022] [Accepted: 03/06/2023] [Indexed: 03/12/2023] Open
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Evidence shows that in the modern ocean, coral reefs are disappearing, and these losses are tied to climate change. However, research also shows that coral reefs can adapt rapidly to changing conditions leading some researchers to suggest that some reef systems will survive future climate change through adaptation. It is known that there were changes in the area covered by coral reefs in the past. Therefore, it is important to investigate the long-term response of coral reefs to environmental changes and high sea-surface temperatures (SSTs). However, because of diagenetic issues with SST proxies in neritic, metastable carbonate-rich environments, there is an incomplete and sometimes even incorrect understanding of how changes in SSTs affect carbonate reef systems. A good example is the Queensland Plateau offshore northeast Australia next to the threatened Great Barrier Reef. In the Late Miocene, between 11 and 7 Ma, a partial drowning caused the reef area on the Queensland Plateau to decline by ~ 50% leading to a Late Miocene change in platform geometry from a reef rimmed platform to a carbonate ramp. This reef decline was interpreted to be the result of SSTs at the lower limit of the modern reef growth window (20-18 °C). This article presents a new Late Miocene-ased SST record from the Coral Sea based on the TEX86H molecular paleothermometer, challenging this long held view. Our new record indicates warm tropical SSTs (27-32 °C) at the upper end of the modern reef growth window. We suggest that the observed temperatures potentially exceeded the optimal calcification temperatures of corals. In combination with a low aragonite supersaturation in the ocean, this could have reduced coral growth rates and ultimately lowered the aggradation potential of the reef system. These sub-optimal growth rates could have made the coral reefs more susceptible to other stressors, such as relative sea-level rise and/or changes in currents leading to reef drowning. Given that these changes affected coral reefs that were likely adapted to high temperature/low aragonite saturation conditions suggests that reefs that have adapted to non-ideal conditions may still be susceptible to future climate changes due to the interaction of multiple stressors associated with climate change.
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- Benjamin Petrick
- Institute of Geosciences, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Ludewig-Meyn-Straße 10, 24118, Kiel, Germany.
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- Institute of Geosciences, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Ludewig-Meyn-Straße 10, 24118, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of Earth Sciences, NAWI Graz Geocenter, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 26, 8010, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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- Institute of Geosciences, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Ludewig-Meyn-Straße 10, 24118, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of Geosciences, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Ludewig-Meyn-Straße 10, 24118, Kiel, Germany
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Yao Z, Shi X, Guo Z, Li X, Nath BN, Betzler C, Zhang H, Lindhorst S, Miriyala P. Weakening of the South Asian summer monsoon linked to interhemispheric ice-sheet growth since 12 Ma. Nat Commun 2023; 14:829. [PMID: 36788217 PMCID: PMC9929083 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36537-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2022] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2023] Open
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The evolution and driving mechanism of the South Asian summer monsoon (SASM) are still poorly understood. We here present a 12-Myr long SASM record by analyzing the strontium and neodymium isotopic composition of detrital components at IODP Exp. 359 Site U1467 from the northern Indian Ocean. The provenance investigation demonstrates that more dust enriched in εNd from northeastern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula was transported to the study site by monsoonal and Shamal winds during the summer monsoon season. A two-step weakening of the SASM wind since ~12 Ma is proposed based on the εNd record. This observational phenomenon is supported by climate modeling results, demonstrating that the SASM evolution was mainly controlled by variations in the gradient between the Mascarene High and the Indian Low, associated with meridional shifts of the Hadley Cell and the Intertropical Convergence Zone, which were caused by interhemispheric ice-sheet growth since the Middle Miocene.
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- Zhengquan Yao
- Key Laboratory of Marine Geology and Metallogeny, First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Qingdao, China. .,Laboratory for Marine Geology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Geology and Metallogeny, First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Qingdao, China. .,Laboratory for Marine Geology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China.
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- grid.9227.e0000000119573309Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China ,grid.9227.e0000000119573309CAS Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Beijing, China ,grid.410726.60000 0004 1797 8419University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- grid.9227.e0000000119573309State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an, China ,grid.458457.f0000 0004 1792 8067CAS Center for Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, Xi’an, China
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- grid.436330.10000 0000 9040 9555Geological Oceanography Division, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa India
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- grid.9026.d0000 0001 2287 2617Institute of Geology, CEN, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- grid.453137.70000 0004 0406 0561Key Laboratory of Marine Geology and Metallogeny, First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Qingdao, China ,grid.484590.40000 0004 5998 3072Laboratory for Marine Geology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- grid.9026.d0000 0001 2287 2617Institute of Geology, CEN, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- grid.419382.50000 0004 0496 9708CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India
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van der Lubbe HJL, Hall IR, Barker S, Hemming SR, Baars TF, Starr A, Just J, Backeberg BC, Joordens JCA. Indo-Pacific Walker circulation drove Pleistocene African aridification. Nature 2021; 598:618-623. [PMID: 34707316 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03896-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2021] [Accepted: 08/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Today, the eastern African hydroclimate is tightly linked to fluctuations in the zonal atmospheric Walker circulation1,2. A growing body of evidence indicates that this circulation shaped hydroclimatic conditions in the Indian Ocean region also on much longer, glacial-interglacial timescales3-5, following the development of Pacific Walker circulation around 2.2-2.0 million years ago (Ma)6,7. However, continuous long-term records to determine the timing and mechanisms of Pacific-influenced climate transitions in the Indian Ocean have been unavailable. Here we present a seven-million-year-long record of wind-driven circulation of the tropical Indian Ocean, as recorded in Mozambique Channel Throughflow (MCT) flow-speed variations. We show that the MCT flow speed was relatively weak and steady until 2.1 ± 0.1 Ma, when it began to increase, coincident with the intensification of the Pacific Walker circulation6,7. Strong increases during glacial periods, which reached maxima after the Mid-Pleistocene Transition (0.9-0.64 Ma; ref. 8), were punctuated by weak flow speeds during interglacial periods. We provide a mechanism explaining that increasing MCT flow speeds reflect synchronous development of the Indo-Pacific Walker cells that promote aridification in Africa. Our results suggest that after about 2.1 Ma, the increasing aridification is punctuated by pronounced humid interglacial periods. This record will facilitate testing of hypotheses of climate-environmental drivers for hominin evolution and dispersal.
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- H J L van der Lubbe
- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK. .,Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit (VU), Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
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- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, USA
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- Department of Geosciences and Engineering, Delft University of Technology, TU Delft, the Netherlands
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- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Department of Geosciences, Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- Deltares, Delft, the Netherlands.,Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Bergen, Norway.,Nansen-Tutu Centre for Marine Environmental Research, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.,Faculty of Science and Engineering, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.,Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands
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Nistelberger HM, Binks RM, van Leeuwen S, Coates DJ, McArthur SL, Macdonald BM, Hankinson M, Byrne M. Extensive Genetic Connectivity and Historical Persistence Are Features of Two Widespread Tree Species in the Ancient Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:E863. [PMID: 32751318 PMCID: PMC7465080 DOI: 10.3390/genes11080863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2020] [Revised: 07/27/2020] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Phylogeographic studies can be used as a tool to understand the evolutionary history of a landscape, including the major drivers of species distributions and diversity. Extensive research has been conducted on phylogeographic patterns of species found in northern hemisphere landscapes that were affected by glaciations, yet the body of literature for older, unaffected landscapes is still underrepresented. The Pilbara region of north-western Australia is an ancient and vast landscape that is topographically complex, consisting of plateaus, gorges, valleys, and ranges, and experiences extreme meteorological phenomena including seasonal cyclonic activity. These features are expected to influence patterns of genetic structuring throughout the landscape either by promoting or restricting the movement of pollen and seed. Whilst a growing body of literature exists for the fauna endemic to this region, less is known about the forces shaping the evolution of plant taxa. In this study we investigate the phylogeography of two iconic Pilbara tree species, the Hamersley Bloodwood (Corymbia hamersleyana) and Western Gidgee (Acacia pruinocarpa), by assessing patterns of variation and structure in several chloroplast DNA regions and nuclear microsatellite loci developed for each species. Gene flow was found to be extensive in both taxa and there was evidence of long-distance seed dispersal across the region (pollen to seed ratios of 6.67 and 2.96 for C. hamersleyana and A. pruinocarpa, respectively), which may result from flooding and strong wind gusts associated with extreme cyclonic activity. Both species possessed high levels of cpDNA genetic diversity in comparison to those from formerly glaciated landscapes (C. hamersleyana = 14 haplotypes, A. pruinocarpa = 37 haplotypes) and showed evidence of deep lineage diversification occurring from the late Miocene, a time of intensifying aridity in this landscape that appears to be a critical driver of evolution in Pilbara taxa. In contrast to another study, we did not find evidence for topographic features acting as refugia for the widely sampled C. hamersleyana.
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- Heidi M. Nistelberger
- Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Biodiversity and Conservation Science, Locked Bag 104, Bentley Delivery Centre, Perth, WA 6983, Australia; (R.M.B.); (S.v.L.); (D.J.C.); (S.L.M.); (B.M.M.); (M.H.); (M.B.)
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Petrick B, Martínez-García A, Auer G, Reuning L, Auderset A, Deik H, Takayanagi H, De Vleeschouwer D, Iryu Y, Haug GH. Glacial Indonesian Throughflow weakening across the Mid-Pleistocene Climatic Transition. Sci Rep 2019; 9:16995. [PMID: 31740711 PMCID: PMC6861309 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-53382-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2019] [Accepted: 10/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The Indonesian Throughflow (ITF) controls the oceanic flux of heat and salt between the Pacific and Indian Oceans and therewith plays an important role in modulating the meridional overturning circulation and low latitude hydrological cycle. Here, we report new sea surface temperature and aridity records from the west coast of Australia (IODP Site U1460), which allow us to assess the sensitivity of the eastern Indian Ocean to the major reorganization of Earth’s climate that occurred during the Mid-Pleistocene Transition. Our records indicate glacial coolings at 1.55 and 0.65 million years ago that are best explained by a weakening of the ITF as a consequence of global sea level and tectonic changes. These coincide with the development of pronounced gradients in the carbon isotope composition of the different ocean basins and with substantial changes in regional aridity, suggesting that the restrictions of the ITF influenced both the evolution of global ocean circulation and the development of the modern hydrological cycle in Western Australia.
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- Benjamin Petrick
- Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Climate Geochemistry Department, Hahn-Meitner-Weg 1, 55128, Mainz, Germany.
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Climate Geochemistry Department, Hahn-Meitner-Weg 1, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Biogeochemistry Frontier Bldg, 4F, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, 237-0061, Japan
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- Kiel University, Institute for Geosciences, Ludewig-Meyn-Str. 10, 24118, Kiel, Germany.,RWTH Aachen University, Geological Institute, Wüllnerstrasse 2, 52062, Aachen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Climate Geochemistry Department, Hahn-Meitner-Weg 1, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- RWTH Aachen University, Geological Institute, Wüllnerstrasse 2, 52062, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Tohoku University, Aobayama, Sendai, 980-8578, Japan
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- MARUM-Center for Marine and Environmental Sciences, Klagenfurterstraße 2-4, Bremen, 28359, Germany
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- RWTH Aachen University, Geological Institute, Wüllnerstrasse 2, 52062, Aachen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Climate Geochemistry Department, Hahn-Meitner-Weg 1, 55128, Mainz, Germany.,Geologisches Institut, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, 8092, Zürich, Switzerland
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Too hot to handle: Cenozoic aridification drives multiple independent incursions of Schizomida (Hubbardiidae) into hypogean environments. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2019; 139:106532. [PMID: 31185297 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2019] [Revised: 06/07/2019] [Accepted: 06/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The formation of the Australian arid zone, Australia's largest and youngest major biome, has been recognized as a major driver of rapid evolutionary radiations in terrestrial plants and animals. Here, we investigate the phylogenetic diversity and evolutionary history of subterranean short-tailed whip scorpions (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae), which are a significant faunal component of Western Australian hypogean ecosystems. We sequenced two mitochondrial (12S, COI) and three nuclear DNA markers (18S, 28S, ITS2) from ∼600 specimens, largely from the genera Draculoides and Paradraculoides, including 20 previously named species and an additional 56 newly identified operational taxonomic units (OTUs). Phylogenetic analyses revealed a large and rapid species radiation congruent with Cenozoic aridification of the continent, in addition to the identification of a new genus in Western Australia and the first epigean schizomid from the Pilbara. Here, we also synonymise Paradraculoides with Draculoides (new synonymy), due to paraphyly and a lack of reliable characters to define the two genera. Our results are consistent with multiple colonisations of the subterranean realm from epigean ancestors as their forest habitat fragmented and retracted, with ongoing fragmentation and diversification of lineages underground. These findings illustrate the remarkable diversity and high incidence of short-range endemism of Western Australia's subterranean fauna, which has important implications for identifying and managing short-range endemic subterranean fauna. They also highlight the advantages of including molecular data in subterranean fauna surveys as all specimens can be utilized, regardless of sex and life stage. Additionally, we have provided the first multi-gene phylogenetic framework for Australian schizomids, which will enable researchers and environmental consultants to identify new taxa or align them to existing lineages.
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Anderson BM, Thiele KR, Grierson PF, Krauss SL, Nevill PG, Small ID, Zhong X, Barrett MD. Recent range expansion in Australian hummock grasses ( Triodia) inferred using genotyping-by-sequencing. AOB PLANTS 2019; 11:plz017. [PMID: 31037212 PMCID: PMC6481909 DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plz017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2018] [Accepted: 03/20/2019] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The Australian arid zone (AAZ) has undergone aridification and the formation of vast sandy deserts since the mid-Miocene. Studies on AAZ organisms, particularly animals, have shown patterns of mesic ancestry, persistence in rocky refugia and range expansions in arid lineages. There has been limited molecular investigation of plants in the AAZ, particularly of taxa that arrived in Australia after the onset of aridification. Here we investigate populations of the widespread AAZ grass Triodia basedowii to determine whether there is evidence for a recent range expansion, and if so, its source and direction. We also undertake a dating analysis for the species complex to which T. basedowii belongs, in order to place its diversification in relation to changes in AAZ climate and landscapes. We analyse a genomic single nucleotide polymorphism data set from 17 populations of T. basedowii in a recently developed approach for detecting the signal and likely origin of a range expansion. We also use alignments from existing and newly sequenced plastomes from across Poaceae for analysis in BEAST to construct fossil-calibrated phylogenies. Across a range of sampling parameters and outgroups, we detected a consistent signal of westward expansion for T. basedowii, originating in central or eastern Australia. Divergence time estimation indicates that Triodia began to diversify in the late Miocene (crown 7.0-8.8 million years (Ma)), and the T. basedowii complex began to radiate during the Pleistocene (crown 1.4-2.0 Ma). This evidence for range expansion in an arid-adapted plant is consistent with similar patterns in AAZ animals and likely reflects a general response to the opening of new habitat during aridification. Radiation of the T. basedowii complex through the Pleistocene has been associated with preferences for different substrates, providing an explanation why only one lineage is widespread across sandy deserts.
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- Benjamin M Anderson
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
- Kings Park and Botanic Garden, Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority, Kings Park, Western Australia, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
- Kings Park and Botanic Garden, Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority, Kings Park, Western Australia, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
- Australian Research Council Centre for Mine Site Restoration, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
- Kings Park and Botanic Garden, Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority, Kings Park, Western Australia, Australia
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Richardson BJ. Evolutionary biogeography of Australian jumping spider genera (Araneae : Salticidae). AUST J ZOOL 2019. [DOI: 10.1071/zo20023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Phylogenetic relationships and estimated dates of origin, plus distributional, ecological and morphological data for salticid genera were used to examine a series of hypotheses related to the evolution of the Australian salticid fauna. Though independent, the time patterns of evolution of genera in Australia and South America were similar, while that for Northern Hemisphere taxa differed. In each case the production of new genera occurred during the warmer parts of the mid Tertiary but not during cooler and drier times. Asian elements entered Australia as early as 31 million years ago, long before the collision of the Australasian and Asian continental plates. Endemic and derivatives of Asian genera were similarly distributed across Australian biomes. However, arriving taxa were more successful when conditions matched their mesic origins (tropical), but less so when different (temperate). While endemic genera often extended their ranges into drier environments by increasing the number of species, recent arrivals did so by extending the range of individual species. Maximum Parsimony analyses of a range of presumed adaptive, morphological and ecological characters showed these did not reflect genus-level processes; however, the analysis did show all endemic genera had mesic origins.
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Zougrou ΙM, Stoulos S, Kantiranis N, Papadopoulou L, Ioakeimidis I, Katsikini M, Paloura E, Tsoukala E. Natural radioactivity studies in a paleontology site and paleoclimate interpretation of the last 8 Mya. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY 2018; 193-194:1-14. [PMID: 30172960 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2018.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2018] [Revised: 08/09/2018] [Accepted: 08/21/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Fossil bones and sediments from different horizons of the Upper Miocene paleontological site of Platania, Drama-Greece were studied using 238U, 235U, 232Th series and 40K measurements obtained by γ-spectroscopy. Additionally, SEM and XRF analysis was applied to bone and sediment samples while a lithological analysis of the sediments was also carried out. The 226Ra/238U ratios in the fossilization layers are attributed to the 238U depletion from the sediment and its incorporation into the fossils. The 226Ra/231Pa ratio indicates that the absorption of the isotopes started long before 4.2 Ma ago. The 232Th/40K profile demonstrate two distinct geological substrates, the lower corresponding to the Upper Miocene whereas the upper to the Upper Pleistocene-Holocene. Among them mediates a Mn-rich layer associated with the "Zanclean flood" during Pliocene. One layer above the "Glacial maximum event" during the Early Pleistocene was recorded. The natural radioactive sedimentary profile obtained reproduces the paleo-climatic conditions in Southeast Europe, which could be useful for the future.
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- Ιoanna Maria Zougrou
- Department of Solid State Physics, School of Physics, AUTH, Thessaloniki, 54124, Greece
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- Department of Nuclear and Elementary Particles Physics, School of Physics, AUTH, Thessaloniki, 54124, Greece.
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- Department of Mineralogy, Petrology and Economic Geology, School of Geology, AUTH, Thessaloniki, 54124, Greece
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- Department of Mineralogy, Petrology and Economic Geology, School of Geology, AUTH, Thessaloniki, 54124, Greece
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- Department of Mineralogy, Petrology and Economic Geology, School of Geology, AUTH, Thessaloniki, 54124, Greece
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- Department of Solid State Physics, School of Physics, AUTH, Thessaloniki, 54124, Greece
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- Department of Solid State Physics, School of Physics, AUTH, Thessaloniki, 54124, Greece
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- Department of Geology, School of Geology, AUTH, Thessaloniki, 54124, Greece
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