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Aaron O'Dea
Researcher at Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Publications - 92
Citations - 3613
Aaron O'Dea is an academic researcher from Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Coral reef & Reef. The author has an hindex of 25, co-authored 82 publications receiving 2981 citations. Previous affiliations of Aaron O'Dea include Vassar College & University of Bristol.
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Formation of the Isthmus of Panama
Aaron O'Dea,Harilaos A. Lessios,Anthony G. Coates,Ron I. Eytan,Sergio A. Restrepo-Moreno,Sergio A. Restrepo-Moreno,Alberto Luis Cione,Laurel S. Collins,Laurel S. Collins,Alan de Queiroz,David W. Farris,Richard D Norris,Robert F. Stallard,Robert F. Stallard,Michael O. Woodburne,Orangel Aguilera,Marie-Pierre Aubry,William A. Berggren,Ann F. Budd,Mario Alberto Cozzuol,Simon E. Coppard,Herman Duque-Caro,Seth Finnegan,Germán Mariano Gasparini,Ethan L. Grossman,Kenneth G. Johnson,Lloyd D Keigwin,Nancy Knowlton,Egbert Giles Leigh,Jill S. Leonard-Pingel,Peter B. Marko,Nicholas D. Pyenson,P.G. Rachello-Dolmen,P.G. Rachello-Dolmen,Esteban Soibelzon,Leopoldo Héctor Soibelzon,Jonathan A. Todd,Geerat J. Vermeij,Jeremy B. C. Jackson,Jeremy B. C. Jackson,Jeremy B. C. Jackson +40 more
TL;DR: An exhaustive review and reanalysis of geological, paleontological, and molecular records converge upon a cohesive narrative of gradually emerging land and constricting seaways, with formation of the Isthmus of Panama sensu stricto around 2.8 Ma.
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Hopping hotspots: global shifts in marine biodiversity.
Willem Renema,Willem Renema,David R. Bellwood,Juan C. Braga,K. Bromfield,Robert Hall,Kenneth G. Johnson,P. Lunt,Christopher P. Meyer,L. B. McMonagle,L. B. McMonagle,Robert J. Morley,Aaron O'Dea,Jonathan A. Todd,Frank P. Wesselingh,Moyra E.J. Wilson,John M. Pandolfi +16 more
TL;DR: The antiquity of the taxa in the modern Indo-Australian Archipelago hotspot emphasizes the role of pre-Pleistocene events in shaping modern diversity patterns.
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Extinctions in ancient and modern seas
Paul G. Harnik,Heike K. Lotze,Sean C. Anderson,Zoe V. Finkel,Seth Finnegan,David R. Lindberg,Lee Hsiang Liow,Rowan Lockwood,Craig R. McClain,Jenny L. McGuire,Jenny L. McGuire,Aaron O'Dea,John M. Pandolfi,Carl Simpson,Derek P. Tittensor,Derek P. Tittensor,Derek P. Tittensor +16 more
TL;DR: The growing literature on marine extinctions and extinction risk in the fossil, historical, and modern records is reviewed to compare the patterns, drivers, and biological correlates of marine extinction at different times in the past.
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Historical biogeography of the Isthmus of Panama.
TL;DR: As a sea barrier, the isthmus induced divergent environmental change off its two coasts—creating contrasting ecosystems through differential extinction and diversification.
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Environmental change preceded Caribbean extinction by 2 million years
Aaron O'Dea,Jeremy B. C. Jackson,Helena M. Fortunato,J. Travis Smith,Luis D'Croz,Kenneth G. Johnson,Jonathan A. Todd +6 more
TL;DR: Time lag suggests that something other than environmental change per se was involved in extinction that does not occur as a single event, and understanding cause and effect will require more taxonomically refined analysis of the changing abundance and distribution patterns of different ecological guilds in the 2 million years leading up to the relatively sudden peak in extinction.