Data from: A latitudinal cline in the taxonomic structure of eelgrass epifaunal communities is associated with plant genetic diversity

Biogenic structural complexity increases mobile animal diversity and abundance at local, regional, and global scales. Yet taxa vary in their response to complexity, and when these taxa functionally differ, variation in structure created by foundation species may affect ecosystem function. We charact...

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Autores: Gross, Collin P., Duffy, J. Emmett, Hovel, Kevin A., Reynolds, Pamela L., Boström, Christoffer, Boyer, Katharyn E., Cusson, Mathieu, Eklöf, Johan, Engelen, Aschwin H., Eriksson, Britas Klemens, Fodrie, F. Joel, Griffin, John N., Hereu, Clara M., Hori, Masakazu, Hughes, A. Randall, Ivanov, Mikhail V., Jorgensen, Pablo, Kardish, Melissa R., Kruschel, Claudia, Lee, Kun Seop, Lefcheck, Jonathan, McGlathery, Karen, Moksnes, Per Olav, Nakaoka, Masahiro, O'Connor, Mary I., O'Connor, Nessa E., Olsen, Jeanine L., Orth, Robert J., Peterson, Bradley J., Reiss, Henning, Rossi, Francesca, Ruesink, Jennifer, Sotka, Erik E., Thormar, Jonas, Tomàs, Fiona, Unsworth, Richard, Voigt, Erin P., Whalen, Matthew A., Ziegler, Shelby L., Stachowicz, John J.
Tipo de recurso: conjunto de datos
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/384265
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/384265
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Biological sciences
Eelgrass
Epifauna
Genetic diversity
Latitudinal gradients
Structural complexity
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Sumario:Biogenic structural complexity increases mobile animal diversity and abundance at local, regional, and global scales. Yet taxa vary in their response to complexity, and when these taxa functionally differ, variation in structure created by foundation species may affect ecosystem function. We characterized global patterns of epifaunal mesograzers in eelgrass beds that varied in structural and genetic composition across 30° latitude. Total mesograzer richness decreased with latitude, but this was accompanied by a taxonomic shift from peracarid to gastropod dominance. Greater eelgrass genetic diversity was strongly correlated with both richness and abundance of peracarids, but less so for gastropods. These two taxa exhibited complementary functional traits, creating an association between genetic diversity and animal functional traits at the site level across the eelgrass range. Our results add to a growing body of literature that suggests genetic variation in plant traits influences the structure and function of faunal assemblages across broad spatial scales.

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