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| Title |
Tsunami-driven rafting: Transoceanic species dispersal and implications for marine biogeography
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| Published in |
Science, September 2017
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| DOI | 10.1126/science.aao1498 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
James T Carlton, John W Chapman, Jonathan B Geller, Jessica A Miller, Deborah A Carlton, Megan I McCuller, Nancy C Treneman, Brian P Steves, Gregory M Ruiz |
| Abstract |
The 2011 East Japan earthquake generated a massive tsunami that launched an extraordinary transoceanic biological rafting event with no known historical precedent. We document 289 living Japanese coastal marine species from 16 phyla transported over 6 years on objects that traveled thousands of kilometers across the Pacific Ocean to the shores of North America and Hawai'i. Most of this dispersal occurred on nonbiodegradable objects, resulting in the longest documented transoceanic survival and dispersal of coastal species by rafting. Expanding shoreline infrastructure has increased global sources of plastic materials available for biotic colonization and also interacts with climate change-induced storms of increasing severity to eject debris into the oceans. In turn, increased ocean rafting may intensify species invasions. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 789 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 164 | 21% |
| United States | 61 | 8% |
| Canada | 20 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 18 | 2% |
| Spain | 8 | 1% |
| New Zealand | 5 | <1% |
| Argentina | 4 | <1% |
| Australia | 4 | <1% |
| France | 4 | <1% |
| Other | 48 | 6% |
| Unknown | 453 | 57% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 690 | 87% |
| Scientists | 87 | 11% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 11 | 1% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 401 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 401 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 77 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 51 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 47 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 45 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 23 | 6% |
| Other | 70 | 17% |
| Unknown | 88 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 129 | 32% |
| Environmental Science | 90 | 22% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 26 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 21 | 5% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 4 | <1% |
| Other | 28 | 7% |
| Unknown | 103 | 26% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1869. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 October 2023.
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#5,305
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Outputs from Science
#289
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#50
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#2
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