TY - CHAP
T1 - The Red Sea: Environmental Gradients Shape a Natural Laboratory in a Nascent Ocean
AU - Berumen, Michael L.
AU - Voolstra, Christian R.
AU - Daffonchio, Daniele
AU - Agusti, Susana
AU - Aranda, Manuel
AU - Irigoien, Xabier
AU - Jones, Burton
AU - Moran, Xose Anxelu G.
AU - Duarte, Carlos M.
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
PY - 2019/5/7
Y1 - 2019/5/7
N2 - This chapter introduces the environmental gradients that characterize the broader Red Sea habitat. The Red Sea is formed by an actively spreading rift and notably has only one natural connection to the Indian Ocean – a narrow, shallow opening known as the Strait of Bab al Mandab. The resultant isolation undoubtedly plays a key role in shaping the environmental gradients, species endemism, and distinct evolutionary trajectory observed within the Red Sea. While this young ocean is known to be among the saltiest and warmest seas on Earth, there are important spatial and temporal gradients that likely influence the biological communities residing in its waters.
AB - This chapter introduces the environmental gradients that characterize the broader Red Sea habitat. The Red Sea is formed by an actively spreading rift and notably has only one natural connection to the Indian Ocean – a narrow, shallow opening known as the Strait of Bab al Mandab. The resultant isolation undoubtedly plays a key role in shaping the environmental gradients, species endemism, and distinct evolutionary trajectory observed within the Red Sea. While this young ocean is known to be among the saltiest and warmest seas on Earth, there are important spatial and temporal gradients that likely influence the biological communities residing in its waters.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/660244
UR - http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-05802-9_1
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-05802-9_1
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-05802-9_1
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9783030058005
SP - 1
EP - 10
BT - Coral Reefs of the Red Sea
PB - Springer International Publishing
ER -