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Dispersal of Larvae by Equatorial Ocean Currents and its Importance to the Zoogeography of Shoal-water Tropical Species

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PLANKTONIC larvae are dispersal stages which make it possible for marine species to breach faunal barriers and to colonize new regions. The occurrence of trans-oceanic dispersal by larvae of the shoal-water tropical benthos can be deduced if the actual distribution of such larvae is known relative to the principal ocean currents likely to transport them.

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SCHELTEMA, R. Dispersal of Larvae by Equatorial Ocean Currents and its Importance to the Zoogeography of Shoal-water Tropical Species. Nature 217, 1159–1162 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/2171159a0

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