How Have Changing Sea-Levels Influenced Evolution on the Galapagos Islands? (VIDEO)

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This movie is a simple 0 m to -210 m geographical loop sequence at 5 m increments. Important features are the substantial gaps between Galapagos' "core" islands even at -100 m. However, below c. -130 m the various islands begin coalescing.

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Video from: "<a target="_blank"href="onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jbi.12313/abstract">Exploring the combined role of eustasy and oceanic island thermal subsidence in shaping biodiversity on the Gal&#225;pagos</a>" by Jason R. Ali and Jonathan C. Aitchison from the <i>Journal of Biogeography</i>.

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