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| Hoeksema, B.W.; Land, J. van der; Meij, S.E.T. van der; Ofwegen, L.P. van; Reijnen, B.T.; Soest, R.W.M. van; Voogd, N.J. de. |
| Botanical and zoological collections may serve as archives for historical ecological research on the effects of global change and human impact on coral reef biota. Museum collections may harbour old specimens of reef-dwelling species that have become locally extinct. Such collections also help to determine whether early records of invasive species can be obtained from times when they were not yet recognized as such. A case study (2006) involving Saba Bank, Caribbean Netherlands (former Netherlands Antilles), suggests that the coral reef fauna here may have become impoverished when compared with data obtained during an earlier expedition in 1972. However, the 1972 sampling may have been incomplete, as it was performed by professional divers who were not... |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Biodiversity; Global change biology; Historical ecology; Invasive species; Local extinctions; Natural history museums. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/409031 |
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