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Data from: Trophic interactions of fish communities at midwater depths enhance long-term carbon storage and benthic production on continental slopes
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Data from: How does spatial resolution affect model performance? A case for ensemble approaches for marine benthic mesophotic communities
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Data from: Acknowledging differences: number, characteristics, and distribution of marine benthic communities along Taiwan coast
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Data from: Combining fish and benthic communities into multiple regimes reveals complex reef dynamics
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Food sources of benthic communities at the Caiwei Guyot and Yap Trench, northwestern Pacific Ocean: inferences from carbon and nitrogen isotopes
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Spatial scaling properties of coral reef benthic communities
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Marine biomonitoring with eDNA: can metabarcoding of water samples cut it as a tool for surveying benthic communities?
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Data from: Habitat connectivity and in-stream vegetation control temporal variability of benthic invertebrate communities
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Data obtained by systematic review (codified data and meta-data) for: Influence of upwelling on coral reef benthic communities: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Data supplementing the article "Aquatic biofilms as passive environmental DNA samplers: application to benthic macroinvertebrate communities in rivers" - raw MiSeq data inventories
<p>These data supplement the article “Aquatic biofilms as passive environmental DNA samplers: application to benthic macroinvertebrate communities in rivers” Sinziana F. Rivera, Valentin Vasselon, Nathalie Mary, Olivier Monnier, Fréderic Rimet & Agnès Bouchez submitted to “Molecular Ecology Resources” journal.</p> <p>The directory is composed of: “38_samples_fastq:files”: contains raw demultiplexed fastq files (R1. fastq and R2. fastq) for each of the 38 samples used in this study to produce OTUs and taxonomic inventories.</p> <p>“Samples id.xlsx”: contains the samples ID of the fastq files</p> <p>“Inventories.xlsx”: contains single and multi-habitat morphological inventories as well as molecular inventories resulting from the study</p>
Diversity and distribution across a large environmental and spatial gradient: evaluating the taxonomic and functional turnover, transitions and environmental drivers of benthic diatom communities
<p><b><span>Aim:</span></b> Global biodiversity loss has raised interest in understanding variation in diversity at different scales. Especially studies conducted across large spatial gradients are crucial, because they can increase perspectives on how ecological patterns change relative to environmental factors, and facilitate predictions of possible responses to environmental change. We explored the full extent of a brackish sea to test the hypotheses that (i) benthic communities are defined by species' limited ranges, controlled by varying drivers along a large environmental gradient, (ii) the responses of taxonomic and functional community composition and turnover to the environmental gradient are different, thus highlighting the need to include both measures in ecological studies, and (iii) diversity reaches the minimum at intermediate salinities (Remane curve) due to the low adaptation of freshwater and marine species.</p> <p><b>Location</b>: A large environmental and spatial gradient spanning the entire Swedish coastline (ca. 2300 km; salinity 1.2-27.6), the Baltic Sea</p> <p><b><span>Time period</span></b><span>: August 2018</span></p> <p><b><span>Major taxa studied:</span></b><span> Benthic diatoms</span></p> <p><b><span>Methods</span></b><span>: </span>We assessed environmental drivers for the communities and calculated the taxonomic and functional alpha and beta diversity along the gradient. We also compared the taxonomic and functional composition and diversity of communities between areas with different salinity.</p> <p><b><span>Results</span></b><span>:</span> We found support for the hypothesis of limited species ranges, as taxonomic beta diversity, mainly induced by changes in salinity and climate, was high, whereas functional beta diversity remained considerably lower, and the composition and diversity of communities, as well as environmental drivers controlling the communities, differed between regions with different salinity. The lowest taxonomic diversity was found at intermediate salinities of 5-6.</p> <p><b><span>Main conclusions:</span></b> These findings advance understanding of large-scale patterns of benthic diversity, emphasize the importance of large gradient studies for a better understanding of general ecological patterns, and highlight the vulnerability of brackish water ecosystems as ecologically important tipping point realms.</p>
Data from: Alpha and beta diversity of connected benthic–subsurface invertebrate communities respond to drying in dynamic river ecosystems
Drying disturbances are the primary determinant of aquatic community biodiversity in dynamic river ecosystems. Research exploring how communities respond to disturbance has focused on benthic invertebrates in surface sediments, inadequately representing a connected community that extends into the subsurface. We compared subsurface and benthic invertebrate responses to drying, to identify common and context-dependent spatial patterns. We characterized community composition, alpha diversity and beta diversity across a gradient of drying duration. Subsurface communities responded to drying, but these responses were typically less pronounced than those of benthic communities. Despite compositional changes and in contrast to reductions in benthic alpha diversity, the alpha diversity of subsurface communities remained stable except at long drying durations. Some primarily benthic taxa were among those whose subsurface frequency and abundance responded positively to drying. Collectively, changing composition, stable richness and taxon-specific increases in occurrence provide evidence that subsurface sediments can support persistence of invertebrate communities during drying disturbances. Beta-diversity patterns varied and no consistent patterns distinguished the total diversity, turnover or nestedness of subsurface compared to benthic communities. In response to increasing drying duration, beta diversity increased or remained stable for benthic communities, but remained stable or decreased for subsurface communities, likely reflecting contrasts in the influence of mass effects, priority effects and environmental filtering. Dissimilarity between subsurface and benthic communities remained stable or increased with drying duration, suggesting that subsurface communities maintain distinct biodiversity value while also supporting temporary influxes of benthic taxa during drying events. As temporary rivers increase in extent due to global change, we highlight that recognizing the connected communities that extend into the subsurface sediments can enable holistic understanding of ecological responses to drying, the key determinant of biodiversity in these dynamic ecosystems.
Data from: Native freshwater species get out of the way: Prussian carp (Carassius gibelio) impacts both fish and benthic invertebrate communities in North America
Prussian Carp (Carassius gibelio) are one of the most noxious non-native species in Eurasia. Recently, Prussian Carp, a non-native freshwater fish species, were genetically confirmed in Alberta, Canada and have been rapidly expanding their range in North America since establishment. Given their rapid range expansion, there is an increasing need to determine how Prussian Carp may impact native species. We assessed the severity of the Prussian Carp invasion by 1) determining their impact on fish communities, 2) assessing their impact on benthic invertebrate communities, 3) evaluating if Prussian Carp alter abiotic conditions, and 4) identifying where we find higher abundances of Prussian Carp. When Prussian Carp were established, we found significant changes to the fish community. Correspondingly, the degree of impact to benthic invertebrate communities was related to the stage of invasion (none, early, or recent), where changes in fish communities were significantly concordant with changes in benthic invertebrate communities. Finally, we found that higher abundances of Prussian Carp were significantly associated with lower abundances of a majority of native fish species. Altogether, using three lines of evidence, we determine that Prussian Carp can have wide ranging impacts on freshwater ecosystems in North America, pressing the need for management intervention.
Identifying biotic drivers of population dynamics in a benthic–pelagic community
Benthic species and communities are linked to pelagic zooplankton through life-stages encompassing both benthic and pelagic habitats and through a mutual dependency on primary producers as a food source. Many zooplankton taxa contribute to the sedimentary system as benthic eggs. Our main aim was to investigate the nature of the population level biotic interactions between and within these two seemingly independent communities, both dependent on the pelagic primary production, while simultaneously accounting for environmental drivers (salinity, temperature and oxygen conditions). To this end we applied multivariate autoregressive state-space models to long (1966–2007) time-series of annual abundance data, comparing models with and without interspecific interactions, as well as models with and without environmental variables included. We were not able to detect any direct coupling between sediment-dwelling benthic taxa and pelagic copepods and cladocerans on the annual scale, but the most parsimonious model indicated that interactions within the benthic community are important. There were also positive residual correlations between the copepods and cladocerans potentially reflecting the availability of a shared resource or similar seasonal dependence, whereas both groups tended to correlate negatively with the zoobenthic taxa. The most notable single interaction within the benthic community was a tendency for a negative effect of <i>Limecola balthica</i> on the amphipods <i>Monoporeia affinis</i> and <i>Pontoporeia femorata</i>, which can help explain the observed decrease of amphipods due to increased competitive interference.
High benthic community respiration and ecosystem response to phytodetrital input in a sub-polar fjord on the West Antarctic Peninsula
<p><span>Glaciomarine fjords dominate the coastal margin of the West Antarctic Peninsula. Studies in similar habitats in the Arctic have shown that benthic biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in inner and middle fjord basins are reduced by turbidity and sedimentation disturbance caused by climate-warming-enhanced glacial melting. In contrast, the inner and middle fjord basins along the West Antarctic Peninsula are characterised as productivity and biodiversity hotspots, but benthic ecosystem functions remain unevaluated.</span> <span>In 2015-2016, we conducted sediment-respiration and <sup>13</sup>C pulse-chase experiments to assess benthic ecosystem functions along a five-station transect at ~500-600 m depths from the inner Andvord Bay fjord, through to Gerlache Strait, and onto the open continental shelf. Incubation samples from the inner and middle basins of Andvord Bay showed peaks in background seafloor respiration, benthic biomass, and uptake of labeled algal biomass compared to more outlying stations; the continental shelf exhibited the lowest levels of these variables, as well as dissolved inorganic carbon production. Macrofaunal community uptake was responsible for most of the C processing in the inner and middle parts of the fjord (>45%) while dissolved inorganic carbon was the dominant repository of processed C near the fjord mouth and on the continental shelf (>80%). The inner parts of Andvord Bay are hotspots of benthic C-cycling and metabolism, in addition to biodiversity. Ongoing climate warming is likely to negatively impact these inner-fjord hotspots by increasing meltwater input and sedimentation disturbance, yielding a reduction in the input and recycling of labile detritus at the seafloor in the inner-middle fjord.</span></p>
Identifying biotic drivers of population dynamics in a benthic–pelagic community
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Data from: Alpha and beta diversity of connected benthic–subsurface invertebrate communities respond to drying in dynamic river ecosystems
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Diversity and distribution across a large environmental and spatial gradient: evaluating the taxonomic and functional turnover, transitions and environmental drivers of benthic diatom communities
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Data from: Native freshwater species get out of the way: Prussian carp (Carassius gibelio) impacts both fish and benthic invertebrate communities in North America
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Supporting data and code for "The scale-dependent effect of environmental filters on species turnover and nestedness in an estuarine benthic community".
<p>R code and dataset for: Menegotto A., Dambros C.S. & Netto S.A. 2019. The scale-dependent effect of environmental filters on species turnover and nestedness in an estuarine benthic community. Ecology, 100, e02721.</p>
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