FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Biogeography Revisited with Network Theory: Retracing the History of Hydrothermal Vent Communities BT AF MOALIC, Yann DESBRUYERES, Daniel DUARTE, Carlos M. ROZENFELD, Alejandro F. BACHRATY, Charleyne ARNAUD-HAOND, Sophie AS 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:; FF 1:PDG-REM-EEP-LEP;2:PDG-REM-EEP;3:;4:;5:;6:PDG-REM-EEP-LEP; C1 IFREMER, DEEP, Ctr Brest, F-29280 Plouzane, France. IMEDEA CSIC UIB, IMEDEA, Dept Global Change Res, Inst Mediterraneo Estudios Avanzados, Esporles 07190, Mallorca, Spain. Univ Western Australia, UWA Oceans Inst, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia. Univ Montreal, Dept Sci Biol, Montreal, PQ H3C 3J7, Canada. C2 IFREMER, FRANCE IMEDEA, SPAIN UNIV WESTERN AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA UNIV MONTREAL, CANADA SI BREST SE PDG-REM-EEP-LEP PDG-REM-EEP IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-europe copubli-int-hors-europe IF 12.17 TC 71 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00063/17400/15164.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Biogeography;deep sea ecology;hydrothermal vents;network analysis;systems biology AB Defining biogeographic provinces to understand the history and evolution of communities associated with a given kind of ecosystem is challenging and usually requires a priori assumptions to be made. We applied network theory, a holistic and exploratory method, to the most complete database of faunal distribution available on oceanic hydrothermal vents, environments which support fragmented and unstable ecosystems, to infer the processes driving their worldwide biogeography. Besides the identification of robust provinces, the network topology allowed us to identify preferential pathways that had hitherto been overlooked. These pathways are consistent with the previously proposed hypothesis of a role of plate tectonics in the biogeographical history of hydrothermal vent communities. A possible ancestral position of the Western Pacific is also suggested for the first time. Finally, this work provides an innovative example of the potential of network tools to unravel the biogeographic history of faunal assemblages and to supply comprehensive information for the conservation and management of biodiversity. PY 2012 PD JAN SO Systematic Biology SN 1063-5157 PU Oxford Univ Press VL 61 IS 1 UT 000299195700009 BP 127 EP 137 DI 10.1093/sysbio/syr088 ID 17400 ER EF