Paula Villa Martín, Aleš Buček, Thomas Bourguignon and Simone Pigolotti

Science Advances 15 Jul 2020 Vol. 6, no. 29, eaaz9037 doi:10.1126/sciadv.aaz9037

Ocean currents promote rare species diversity in protists

The model runs backwards in time and merge individuals in species if they can be traced to a common geographical origin. Ocean currents increase species diversity by limiting mixture.