Maintenance of long-term equilibrium in a perturbed metacommunity of sub-arctic marine fishes
Este artículo contiene 16 páginas, 7 figuras, 3 tablas. The theory of island biogeography (TIB) predicts that species richness in isolated areas is determined by the processes of colonization and extinction, and, in turn, governed by island size and isolation. Metacommunity models extend the TIB, pr...
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ftcsic:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/251389 2024-02-11T10:01:35+01:00 Maintenance of long-term equilibrium in a perturbed metacommunity of sub-arctic marine fishes Stortini, Christine H. Frank, Kenneth T. Ontiveros, Vicente J. Leggett, William C. Shackell, Nancy L. 2021 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/251389 en eng Inter Research Publisher's version https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13842 Sí Marine Ecology Progress Series 675: 81-96 (2021) 0171-8630 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/251389 1616-1599 open Extinction Dynamic equilibrium Theory of island biogeography Ecology Marine Fishes Banks Metacommunity Turnover Colonization artículo http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 2021 ftcsic https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13842 2024-01-16T11:14:02Z Este artículo contiene 16 páginas, 7 figuras, 3 tablas. The theory of island biogeography (TIB) predicts that species richness in isolated areas is determined by the processes of colonization and extinction, and, in turn, governed by island size and isolation. Metacommunity models extend the TIB, predicting that both habitat and species interactions are important drivers of community vital rates and structure, and that marine metacommunities will exhibit higher extinction/colonization rates relative to terrestrial ecosystems. Here we demonstrate that oceanic banks can be considered islands, and document how application of these theories advanced our understanding of the dynamics of these submarine islands following the fishery-induced collapse of predatory groundfish populations. We employed a 48 yr dataset of fish communities on 10 offshore banks of the Scotian Shelf, Northwest Atlantic Ocean to examine colonization and extinction rates before and after the collapse. Bank-specific colonization, extinction and turnover rates were quantified using the island R package to correct for imperfect detectability, inherent to all sampling of natural systems. Colonization and extinction events were briefly unbalanced following the predator collapse, and reflected in increases in species richness and turnover, most notably on the largest banks. However, over the longer term, a dynamic equilibrium of colonization and extinction events prevailed on 8 of the 10 banks. This resulted in a generally time-invariant species richness, and a negative relationship between species turnover and bank area, as predicted by theory. Our study provides support for the relevance of island biogeography and metacommunity theories in guiding exploration and understanding of the mechanisms governing marine community vital rates and structure. Queen’s University and the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (Canada) Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Northwest Atlantic Digital.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) Arctic Canada Marine Ecology Progress Series 675 81 96 |
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Extinction Dynamic equilibrium Theory of island biogeography Ecology Marine Fishes Banks Metacommunity Turnover Colonization Stortini, Christine H. Frank, Kenneth T. Ontiveros, Vicente J. Leggett, William C. Shackell, Nancy L. Maintenance of long-term equilibrium in a perturbed metacommunity of sub-arctic marine fishes |
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Este artículo contiene 16 páginas, 7 figuras, 3 tablas. The theory of island biogeography (TIB) predicts that species richness in isolated areas is determined by the processes of colonization and extinction, and, in turn, governed by island size and isolation. Metacommunity models extend the TIB, predicting that both habitat and species interactions are important drivers of community vital rates and structure, and that marine metacommunities will exhibit higher extinction/colonization rates relative to terrestrial ecosystems. Here we demonstrate that oceanic banks can be considered islands, and document how application of these theories advanced our understanding of the dynamics of these submarine islands following the fishery-induced collapse of predatory groundfish populations. We employed a 48 yr dataset of fish communities on 10 offshore banks of the Scotian Shelf, Northwest Atlantic Ocean to examine colonization and extinction rates before and after the collapse. Bank-specific colonization, extinction and turnover rates were quantified using the island R package to correct for imperfect detectability, inherent to all sampling of natural systems. Colonization and extinction events were briefly unbalanced following the predator collapse, and reflected in increases in species richness and turnover, most notably on the largest banks. However, over the longer term, a dynamic equilibrium of colonization and extinction events prevailed on 8 of the 10 banks. This resulted in a generally time-invariant species richness, and a negative relationship between species turnover and bank area, as predicted by theory. Our study provides support for the relevance of island biogeography and metacommunity theories in guiding exploration and understanding of the mechanisms governing marine community vital rates and structure. Queen’s University and the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (Canada) Peer reviewed |
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Stortini, Christine H. Frank, Kenneth T. Ontiveros, Vicente J. Leggett, William C. Shackell, Nancy L. |
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Stortini, Christine H. Frank, Kenneth T. Ontiveros, Vicente J. Leggett, William C. Shackell, Nancy L. |
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Stortini, Christine H. |
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Maintenance of long-term equilibrium in a perturbed metacommunity of sub-arctic marine fishes |
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Maintenance of long-term equilibrium in a perturbed metacommunity of sub-arctic marine fishes |
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Maintenance of long-term equilibrium in a perturbed metacommunity of sub-arctic marine fishes |
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Maintenance of long-term equilibrium in a perturbed metacommunity of sub-arctic marine fishes |
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Maintenance of long-term equilibrium in a perturbed metacommunity of sub-arctic marine fishes |
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maintenance of long-term equilibrium in a perturbed metacommunity of sub-arctic marine fishes |
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Publisher's version https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13842 Sí Marine Ecology Progress Series 675: 81-96 (2021) 0171-8630 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/251389 1616-1599 |
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