GOBE

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GOBE refers to the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event, a major evolutionary radiation during the Ordovician period when marine life rapidly diversified and global biodiversity dramatically increased.

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instanceOf biodiversification event
evolutionary radiation
paleontological event
abbreviationOf Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event
affects benthic communities
marine ecosystems
planktonic communities
associatedWith changes in ocean circulation
cooling global climate
expansion of shallow marine habitats
increased nutrient availability
plate tectonic reconfigurations
sea-level fluctuations
characterizedBy ecological diversification of marine communities
rapid increase in marine biodiversity
taxonomic diversification of marine animals
comparedTo Cambrian explosion
surface form: Cambrian Explosion
considered one of the most significant biodiversification events of the Phanerozoic
evidenceType paleoecological community analyses
taxonomic diversity curves
followsEvent Cambrian explosion
surface form: Cambrian Explosion
fullName Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event
hasTemporalPosition after Cambrian Explosion
before end-Ordovician mass extinction
impactOnBiodiversity long-term increase in global marine diversity
impactOnBiota establishment of many modern marine clades
majorlyInvolves brachiopods
bryozoans
conodonts
echinoderms
graptolites
mollusks
trilobites
occursInGeologicPeriod Ordovician Period
surface form: Ordovician period
precedesEvent Late Ordovician mass extinction
surface form: end-Ordovician mass extinction
recognizedBy fossil record of Ordovician strata
resultsIn development of more complex food webs
expansion of ecological niches
increase in ecosystem complexity
increase in number of marine families
increase in number of marine genera
studiedInDiscipline evolutionary biology
paleobiology
paleoecology
paleontology
stratigraphy
timeSpan Early Late Ordovician
Middle Ordovician

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