Invertebrate beta diversity in permanent and temporary lentic water bodies: a meta-analytic assessment

Queiroz, Amanda Caroline Faustino de; Antón-Pardo, María; Bini, Luis Maurício; Melo, Adriano S.

doi:10.1007/s10750-021-04788-3

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“…We found that hydroperiod was a key environmental filter that operated on macroinvertebrate traits. Wetland hydroperiod may be a weak driver of macroinvertebrate communities across broad scales (Epele et al., 2022; Faustino de Queiroz et al., 2022; Oertli et al., 2002), but it may be a strong control at smaller spatial resolutions, such as among local wetlands that vary in hydroperiod (i.e., Boix et al., 2008; Sim et al., 2013). This may result because local adaptation occurs through behaviors, physiology, and life history parameters that are better captured using trait‐based analyses (Green et al., 2022).…”

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A global assessment of environmental and climate influences on wetland macroinvertebrate community structure and function

Epele,

Williams‐Subiza,

Bird

et al. 2024

Global Change Biology

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Estimating organisms' responses to environmental variables and taxon associations across broad spatial scales is vital for predicting their responses to climate change. Macroinvertebrates play a major role in wetland processes, but studies simultaneously exploring both community structure and community trait responses to environmental gradients are still lacking. We compiled a global dataset (six continents) from 756 depressional wetlands, including the occurrence of 96 macroinvertebrate families, their phylogenetic tree, and 19 biological traits. Using Bayesian hierarchical joint species distribution models (JSDMs), we estimated macroinvertebrate associations and compared the influences of local and climatic predictors on both individual macroinvertebrate families and their traits. While macroinvertebrate families were mainly related to broad‐scale factors (maximum temperature and precipitation seasonality), macroinvertebrate traits were strongly related to local wetland hydroperiod. Interestingly, macroinvertebrate families and traits both showed positive and negative associations to the same environmental variables. As expected, many macroinvertebrate family occurrences were positively associated with temperature, but a few showed the opposite pattern and were found in cooler or montane regions. We also found that wetland macroinvertebrate communities would likely be affected by changing climates through alterations in traits related to precipitation seasonality, temperature seasonality, and wetland area. Temperature increases may negatively affect collector and shredder functional groups. A decrease in precipitation could lead to reductions in wetland area benefiting drought‐tolerant macroinvertebrates, but it may negatively affect macroinvertebrates lacking those adaptations. Wetland processes may be compromised through broad‐scale environmental changes altering macroinvertebrate family distributions and local hydroperiod shifts altering organism traits. Our complementary family‐based and trait‐based approaches elucidate the complex effects that climate change may produce on wetland ecosystems.

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A global assessment of environmental and climate influences on wetland macroinvertebrate community structure and function

Epele,

Williams‐Subiza,

Bird

et al. 2024

Global Change Biology

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Analysing the contribution of intermittent rivers to beta diversity can improve freshwater conservation in Mediterranean rivers

Soria,

Cid,

Ortega

et al. 2024

Aquat Sci

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In Mediterranean climate regions, intermittent rivers (IRs) harbor highly dynamic communities with species and trait composition changing over time and space. Simultaneously considering multiple biodiversity facets and a spatiotemporal perspective is, therefore, key to developing effective conservation strategies for these ecosystems. We studied the spatiotemporal dynamics of aquatic macroinvertebrates in rivers of the western Mediterranean Basin by analysing (1) the taxonomic and functional richness and the local contribution to beta diversity (LCBD; measured considering taxonomic and functional facets) of perennial rivers and IRs over five sampling times, and (2) their relation with flow intermittence, local environmental uniqueness, and the number of anthropogenic impacts. Both analyses were also conducted for the subset of data including only IRs to compare values between their flowing and disconnected pool phases. According to our results, taxonomic and functional richness tended to be higher in perennial rivers than in IRs, while taxonomic and functional LCBD tended to be higher in IRs than in perennial rivers. When comparing IR sites over time, higher values of taxonomic and functional LCBD corresponded mostly to their disconnected pool phase. Flow intermittence, the number of anthropogenic impacts and the environmental uniqueness were significant predictors of taxonomic and functional richness, but only flow intermittence was an important predictor of taxonomic LCBD. For the IR-only data subset, disconnected pool permanence was the main predictor explaining spatiotemporal patterns. Our results highlight the importance of IRs to biodiversity conservation of Mediterranean climate rivers, especially during the disconnected pool phase, suggesting that these ecosystems cannot be ignored in conservation planning strategies.

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Temporary lentic water bodies of Latin America and Caribbean: a scientometric study

Olmo,

Ramos-Jiliberto,

Boix

et al. 2024

Inland Waters

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Invertebrate beta diversity in permanent and temporary lentic water bodies: a meta-analytic assessment

Cited by 5 publications

References 75 publications

A global assessment of environmental and climate influences on wetland macroinvertebrate community structure and function

A global assessment of environmental and climate influences on wetland macroinvertebrate community structure and function

Analysing the contribution of intermittent rivers to beta diversity can improve freshwater conservation in Mediterranean rivers

Temporary lentic water bodies of Latin America and Caribbean: a scientometric study

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