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Oxygen as a Driver of Early Arthropod Micro-Benthos Evolution
BACKGROUND: We examine the physiological and lifestyle adaptations which facilitated the emergence of ostracods as the numerically dominant Phanerozoic bivalve arthropod micro-benthos. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: The PO(2) of modern normoxic seawater is 21 kPa (air-equilibrated water), a level t...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3229522/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22164241 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0028183 |