Environmental Filtering Influences Functional Community Assembly of Epibenthic Communities
Community assembly theory states that species assemble non-randomly as a result of dispersal limitation, biotic interactions, and environmental filtering. Strong environmental filtering likely leads to local assemblages that are similar in their functional trait composition (high trait convergence)...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/24239 2023-05-15T15:15:09+02:00 Environmental Filtering Influences Functional Community Assembly of Epibenthic Communities Sutton, Lauren Mueter, Franz J. Bluhm, Bodil Iken, Katrin 2021-11-10 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/24239 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.736917 eng eng Frontiers Media Frontiers in Marine Science Sutton, Mueter, Bluhm B, Iken. Environmental Filtering Influences Functional Community Assembly of Epibenthic Communities. Frontiers in Marine Science. 2021;8:1-19 FRIDAID 1967579 doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.736917 2296-7745 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/24239 openAccess Copyright 2021 The Author(s) Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed publishedVersion 2021 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.736917 2022-03-09T23:57:52Z Community assembly theory states that species assemble non-randomly as a result of dispersal limitation, biotic interactions, and environmental filtering. Strong environmental filtering likely leads to local assemblages that are similar in their functional trait composition (high trait convergence) while functional trait composition will be less similar (high trait divergence) under weaker environmental filters. We used two Arctic shelves as case studies to examine the relationship between functional community assembly and environmental filtering using the geographically close but functionally and environmentally dissimilar epibenthic communities on the Chukchi and Beaufort Sea shelves. Environmental drivers were compared to functional trait composition and to trait convergence within each shelf. Functional composition in the Chukchi Sea was more strongly correlated with environmental gradients compared to the Beaufort Sea, as shown by a combination of RLQ and fourth corner analyses and community-weighted mean redundancy analyses. In the Chukchi Sea, epibenthic functional composition, particularly body size, reproductive strategy, and several behavioral traits (i.e., feeding habit, living habit, movement), was most strongly related to gradients in percent mud and temperature while body size and larval development were most strongly related to a depth gradient in the Beaufort Sea. The stronger environmental filter in the Chukchi Sea also supported the hypothesized relationship with higher trait convergence, although this relationship was only evident at one end of the observed environmental gradient. Strong environmental filtering generally provides a challenge for biota and can be a barrier for invading species, a growing concern for the Chukchi Sea shelf communities under warming conditions. Weaker environmental filtering, such as on the Beaufort Sea shelf, generally leads to communities that are more structured by biotic interactions, and possibly representing partitioning of resources among species from intermediate disturbance levels. We provide evidence that environmental filtering can structure functional community composition, providing a baseline of how community function could be affected by stressors such as changes in environmental conditions or increased anthropogenic disturbance Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Beaufort Sea Chukchi Chukchi Sea University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Arctic Chukchi Sea Frontiers in Marine Science 8 |
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Community assembly theory states that species assemble non-randomly as a result of dispersal limitation, biotic interactions, and environmental filtering. Strong environmental filtering likely leads to local assemblages that are similar in their functional trait composition (high trait convergence) while functional trait composition will be less similar (high trait divergence) under weaker environmental filters. We used two Arctic shelves as case studies to examine the relationship between functional community assembly and environmental filtering using the geographically close but functionally and environmentally dissimilar epibenthic communities on the Chukchi and Beaufort Sea shelves. Environmental drivers were compared to functional trait composition and to trait convergence within each shelf. Functional composition in the Chukchi Sea was more strongly correlated with environmental gradients compared to the Beaufort Sea, as shown by a combination of RLQ and fourth corner analyses and community-weighted mean redundancy analyses. In the Chukchi Sea, epibenthic functional composition, particularly body size, reproductive strategy, and several behavioral traits (i.e., feeding habit, living habit, movement), was most strongly related to gradients in percent mud and temperature while body size and larval development were most strongly related to a depth gradient in the Beaufort Sea. The stronger environmental filter in the Chukchi Sea also supported the hypothesized relationship with higher trait convergence, although this relationship was only evident at one end of the observed environmental gradient. Strong environmental filtering generally provides a challenge for biota and can be a barrier for invading species, a growing concern for the Chukchi Sea shelf communities under warming conditions. Weaker environmental filtering, such as on the Beaufort Sea shelf, generally leads to communities that are more structured by biotic interactions, and possibly representing partitioning of resources among species from intermediate disturbance levels. We provide evidence that environmental filtering can structure functional community composition, providing a baseline of how community function could be affected by stressors such as changes in environmental conditions or increased anthropogenic disturbance |
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Sutton, Lauren Mueter, Franz J. Bluhm, Bodil Iken, Katrin Environmental Filtering Influences Functional Community Assembly of Epibenthic Communities |
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Environmental Filtering Influences Functional Community Assembly of Epibenthic Communities |
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Environmental Filtering Influences Functional Community Assembly of Epibenthic Communities |
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Environmental Filtering Influences Functional Community Assembly of Epibenthic Communities |
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Environmental Filtering Influences Functional Community Assembly of Epibenthic Communities |
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Environmental Filtering Influences Functional Community Assembly of Epibenthic Communities |
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environmental filtering influences functional community assembly of epibenthic communities |
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Frontiers in Marine Science Sutton, Mueter, Bluhm B, Iken. Environmental Filtering Influences Functional Community Assembly of Epibenthic Communities. Frontiers in Marine Science. 2021;8:1-19 FRIDAID 1967579 doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.736917 2296-7745 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/24239 |
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