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Selection of psychrotrophic Leuconostoc spp. from native fruits, and studies on their dextransucrases
Studies on reef corals. III. Fine structural changes of calicoblast cells in Pocillopora damicornis during settling and calcification
Long-Distance Dispersal and the Reef-Building Corals of the Eastern Pacific
It is currently widely accepted that the hermatypic coral fauna in the Eastern Pacific Ocean underwent massive extinction during the mid-Tertiary, with subsequent transoceanic colonization by planulae from the Indo-West Pacific region during periods of favorable conditions. We suggest that the available evidence does not strongly support this biogeographic hypothesis; moreover, we contend that it is untestable in its present form. In its place we propose an alternative hypothesis based upon modification of a previously widespread, pan-Tethyan coral biota which has since been modified by tectonic events, speciations, and extinctions