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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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Autores principales: Williams, Mark, Vannier, Jean, Corbari, Laure, Massabuau, Jean-Charles
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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

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