The biogeography of community assembly: latitude and predation drive variation in community trait distribution in a guild of epifaunal crustaceans

  • Collin Gross (Skapad av)
  • J Duffy (Skapad av)
  • Kevin Hovel (Skapad av)
  • Melissa Kardish (Skapad av)
  • Pamela L. Reynolds (Skapad av)
  • Christoffer Boström (Skapad av)
  • Katharyn E. Boyer (Skapad av)
  • Mathiew Cusson (Skapad av)
  • Johan Eklöf (Skapad av)
  • Aschwin H. Engelen (Skapad av)
  • Britas Klemens Eriksson (Skapad av)
  • Fredrick Joel Fodrie (Skapad av)
  • John N. Griffin (Skapad av)
  • Clara M. Hereu (Skapad av)
  • Masakazu Hori (Skapad av)
  • A. Randall Hughes (Skapad av)
  • Mikhail V. Ivanov (Skapad av)
  • Pablo Jorgensen (Skapad av)
  • Claudia Kruschel (Skapad av)
  • Kun Seop Lee (Skapad av)
  • Jonathan S. Lefcheck (Skapad av)
  • Karen McGlathery (Skapad av)
  • Per-Olav Moksnes (Skapad av)
  • Masahiro Nakaoka (Skapad av)
  • Mary I. O'Connor (Skapad av)
  • Nessa E. O'Connor (Skapad av)
  • JEANINE OLSEN (Skapad av)
  • Robert J. Orth (Skapad av)
  • Bradley J. Peterson (Skapad av)
  • Henning Reiss (Skapad av)
  • Francesca Rossi (Skapad av)
  • Jennifer L. Ruesink (Skapad av)
  • Erik E. Sotka (Skapad av)
  • Jonas Thormar (Skapad av)
  • Fiona Tomas (Skapad av)
  • Richard K. F. Unsworth (Skapad av)
  • Erin Voigt (Skapad av)
  • Matt Whalen (Skapad av)
  • Shelby Ziegler (Skapad av)
  • Jay Stachowicz (Skapad av)

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While considerable evidence exists of biogeographic patterns in the intensity of species interactions, the influence of these patterns on variation in community structure is less clear. Using a model selection approach on measures of trait dispersion in crustaceans associated with eelgrass (Zostera marina) spanning 30º of latitude in two oceans, we found that dispersion strongly increased with increasing predation and decreasing latitude. Ocean and epiphyte load appeared as secondary predictors; Pacific communities were more overdispersed while Atlantic communities were more clustered, and increasing epiphytes were associated with increased clustering. By examining how species interactions and environmental filters influence community structure across biogeographic regions, we demonstrate how both latitudinal variation in species interactions and historical contingency shape these responses. Community trait distributions have implications for ecosystem stability and functioning, and integrating large-scale observations of environmental filters, species interactions, and traits can help us predict how communities may respond to environmental change.
Datum då datat gjorts tillgängligt2 feb. 2022
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