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Extinctions. Paleontological baselines for evaluating extinction risk in the modern oceans.
Science. 2015 May 01; 348(6234):567-70.Sci

Abstract

Marine taxa are threatened by anthropogenic impacts, but knowledge of their extinction vulnerabilities is limited. The fossil record provides rich information on past extinctions that can help predict biotic responses. We show that over 23 million years, taxonomic membership and geographic range size consistently explain a large proportion of extinction risk variation in six major taxonomic groups. We assess intrinsic risk-extinction risk predicted by paleontologically calibrated models-for modern genera in these groups. Mapping the geographic distribution of these genera identifies coastal biogeographic provinces where fauna with high intrinsic risk are strongly affected by human activity or climate change. Such regions are disproportionately in the tropics, raising the possibility that these ecosystems may be particularly vulnerable to future extinctions. Intrinsic risk provides a prehuman baseline for considering current threats to marine biodiversity.

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Finnegan S
Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. sethf@berkeley.edu.
Anderson SC
Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada.
Harnik PG
Department of Earth and Environment, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17604, USA.
Simpson C
Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20013, USA.
Tittensor DP
United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge CB3 0DL, UK. Computational Science Laboratory, Microsoft Research, Cambridge CB1 2FB, UK. Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada.
Byrnes JE
Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA 02125, USA.
Finkel ZV
Environmental Science Program, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick E4L 1A5, Canada.
Lindberg DR
Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Liow LH
Center for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Blindern, N-0316 Oslo, Norway.
Lockwood R
Department of Geology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187, USA.
Lotze HK
Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada.
McClain CR
National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA.
McGuire JL
School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
O'Dea A
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, 0843-03092, Balboa, Republic of Panamá.
Pandolfi JM
Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.

MeSH

AnimalsAquatic OrganismsBiodiversityClimate ChangeExtinction, BiologicalFossilsHuman ActivitiesHumansOceans and SeasPaleontologyRisk

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Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

Language

eng

PubMed ID

25931558

Citation

Finnegan, Seth, et al. "Extinctions. Paleontological Baselines for Evaluating Extinction Risk in the Modern Oceans." Science (New York, N.Y.), vol. 348, no. 6234, 2015, pp. 567-70.
Finnegan S, Anderson SC, Harnik PG, et al. Extinctions. Paleontological baselines for evaluating extinction risk in the modern oceans. Science. 2015;348(6234):567-70.
Finnegan, S., Anderson, S. C., Harnik, P. G., Simpson, C., Tittensor, D. P., Byrnes, J. E., Finkel, Z. V., Lindberg, D. R., Liow, L. H., Lockwood, R., Lotze, H. K., McClain, C. R., McGuire, J. L., O'Dea, A., & Pandolfi, J. M. (2015). Extinctions. Paleontological baselines for evaluating extinction risk in the modern oceans. Science (New York, N.Y.), 348(6234), 567-70. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaa6635
Finnegan S, et al. Extinctions. Paleontological Baselines for Evaluating Extinction Risk in the Modern Oceans. Science. 2015 May 1;348(6234):567-70. PubMed PMID: 25931558.
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