Phylogenetically diverse macrophyte community promotes species diversity of mobile epi-benthic invertebrates

Nakamoto, Kenta; Kawamura, Tomohiko; Kodama, Masafumi; Yamada, Hideaki; Kitagawa, Takashi; Watanabe, Yoshirô

doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2018.03.020

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“…Both in experimental and field settings, higher levels of algal species richness are often accompanied by a higher overall abundance or percent cover of algae. Indeed, many studies have found that higher algal abundance or surface area (rather than algal richness) is a more plausible mechanism for changes in invertebrate abundance or diversity (Parker et al 2001;Best and Stachowicz 2014;Nakamoto et al 2018). In our study, algal cover was positively correlated with algal species richness (r = 0.6), and we removed it as an environmental variable from the primary analyses to avoid collinearity.…”

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“…Algae provide important ecosystem functions in intertidal systems, ranging from habitat amelioration to sources of food and/or habitat (Parker et al 2001;Bates and DeWreede 2007;Tano et al 2016;Kramer et al 2017;Nakamoto et al 2018), and our study was not explicitly designed to distinguish between these scenarios. When we partitioned species diversity into herbivore vs. non-herbivore components, both herbivore and non-herbivore diversity were significantly positively correlated with algal species richness, suggesting algae in our study may be important not only for feeding but also for habitat provisioning.…”

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“…We partitioned diversity (H' and PD) into herbivore and non-herbivore components at each site, and then examined how H' and PD of herbivores vs. non-herbivores responded to differences in algal richness between sites. Finally, although algal cover was not used as an environmental variable in the main analyses due to its collinearity with algal richness, some experiments and field surveys have found that algal abundance (rather than algal richness) is a better predictor invertebrate abundance or diversity (Parker et al 2001;Best and Stachowicz 2014;Nakamoto et al 2018). Thus, we compared models with algal cover vs. algal richness as variables explaining H', PD, Rao's Q, and FEve using AIC c .…”

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Crustacean diversity in the Puget Sound: reconciling species, phylogenetic, and functional diversity

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Biodiversity has critical phylogenetic and functional components, yet many prior studies of marine communities focus only on taxonomic diversity. Here, we surveyed intertidal crustacean communities across 11 sites in the Puget Sound (Washington state). We calculated taxonomic diversity (Shannon's H), functional diversity (functional evenness and Rao's Q), and phylogenetic diversity to examine how these indices were related and how they varied with environmental factors. A model selection approach (AIC) was used to examine which factors (habitat complexity, algal richness, salinity, and urbanization) were the best predictors for each index. Across sites, all four diversity indices were moderately correlated. Algal richness emerged as an important factor, occurring in well-supported models across all diversity indices: sites with more algal species had higher levels of taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity. Species diversity of both herbivores and non-herbivores was positively correlated with algal species richness, suggesting algae may be important for habitat as well as a food source. More species-rich algal communities had more phylogenetically diverse assemblages of herbivores, but algal richness was not correlated to non-herbivore phylogenetic diversity. Boulder size, but not other measures of habitat complexity, was positively correlated with functional diversity; most diversity in our samples was associated with boulders. Sites adjacent to higher levels of impervious surfaces (e.g., urbanization) had lower values of functional evenness. A growing number of studies have demonstrated that anthropogenic factors can have particularly strong effects on functional or phylogenetic diversity, and our study provides a number of tools for future investigations of crustacean diversity in this region.

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“…Despite a lack of focused research on the structure of macrophyte–animal networks, several studies have explored different aspects of macrophyte–animal associations, both in the freshwater (see Gerrish & Bristow, 1979; Biggs & Malthus, 1982; Rooke, 1984; Kurashov et al ., 1996; Mhlanga & Siziba, 2006) and marine realms (e.g. Virnstein & Howard, 1987; Dhargalkar, Burton & Kirkwood, 1988; Russo, 1990; Parker, Duffy & Orth, 2001; Trowbridge, 2004; Pereira et al ., 2006; Huang et al ., 2007; Wikström & Kautsky, 2007; Gustafsson & Boström, 2009; Nakamoto et al ., 2018). Studies to date span from polar (e.g.…”

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Unveiling the complexity and ecological function of aquatic macrophyte–animal networks in coastal ecosystems

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Network theory offers innovative tools to explore the complex ecological mechanisms regulating species associations and interactions. Although interest in ecological networks has grown steadily during the last two decades, the application of network approaches has been unequally distributed across different study systems: while some kinds of interactions (e.g. plant-pollinator and host-parasite) have been extensively investigated, others remain relatively unexplored. Among the latter, aquatic macrophyte-animal associations in coastal environments have been largely neglected, despite their major role in littoral ecosystems. The ubiquity of macrophyte systems, their accessibility and multi-faceted ecological, economical and societal importance make macrophyte-animal systems an ideal subject for ecological network science. In fact, macrophyte-animal networks offer an aquatic counterpart to terrestrial plant-animal networks. In this review, we show how the application of network analysis to aquatic macrophyte-animal associations has the potential to broaden our understanding of how coastal ecosystems function. Network analysis can also provide a key to understanding how such ecosystems will respond to on-going and future threats from anthropogenic disturbance and environmental change. For this, we: (i) identify key issues that have limited the application of network theory and modelling to aquatic animalmacrophyte associations; (ii) illustrate through examples based on empirical data how network analysis can offer new insights on the complexity and functioning of coastal ecosystems; and (iii) provide suggestions for how to design future studies and establish this new research line into network ecology.

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“…This article describes macrophyte biomass of 16 species or groups and invertebrate abundance of 66 species or groups. This data is associated with “Phylogenetically diverse macrophyte community promotes species diversity of mobile epi-benthic invertebrates” (Nakamoto et al, 2018) [1] …”

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Data on species list and the amount of macrophytes and mobile epi-benthic invertebrates in a subtropical seagrass-seaweed mixed bed in Ishigaki Island, Japan

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In April 2014 and 2015, field samplings were conducted in a subtropical seagrass-seaweed mixed bed in Ishigaki Island, southwest Japan in order to collect macrophytes and mobile epi-benthic invertebrates. This article describes macrophyte biomass of 16 species or groups and invertebrate abundance of 66 species or groups. This data is associated with “Phylogenetically diverse macrophyte community promotes species diversity of mobile epi-benthic invertebrates” (Nakamoto et al., 2018) [1]

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Phylogenetically diverse macrophyte community promotes species diversity of mobile epi-benthic invertebrates

Cited by 10 publications

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Crustacean diversity in the Puget Sound: reconciling species, phylogenetic, and functional diversity

Crustacean diversity in the Puget Sound: reconciling species, phylogenetic, and functional diversity

Unveiling the complexity and ecological function of aquatic macrophyte–animal networks in coastal ecosystems

Data on species list and the amount of macrophytes and mobile epi-benthic invertebrates in a subtropical seagrass-seaweed mixed bed in Ishigaki Island, Japan

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