Climatic and tectonic drivers shaped the tropical distribution of coral reefs

Lewis A. Jones; Philip D. Mannion; Alexander Farnsworth; Fran Bragg; Daniel J. Lunt

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30793-8

Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

Climatic and tectonic drivers shaped the tropical distribution of coral reefs

Lewis A. Jones,
Philip D. Mannion,
Alexander Farnsworth,
Fran Bragg,
Daniel J. Lunt

Affiliations

Lewis A. Jones: Centro de Investigación Mariña, Grupo de Ecoloxía Animal, Universidade de Vigo
Philip D. Mannion: Department of Earth Sciences, University College London
Alexander Farnsworth: School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol
Fran Bragg: School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol
Daniel J. Lunt: School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30793-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Warm-water coral reefs are limited to tropical and subtropical latitudes today but extended poleward in the geological past. This study shows that climatic and tectonic drivers explain the past distribution of coral reefs and associated biodiversity.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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