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Environmental Sciences
Caili Du, Fengbin Zhao, Guangxia Shang, Liqing Wang, Erik Jeppesen, Lieyu Zhang, Wei Zhang, Xin Fang
Summary: This study investigated the zooplankton assemblages in 24 sites of 11 rivers in Shanghai City and conducted a nutrient addition experiment to understand the effects of environmental variables on the community structure and beta diversity of zooplankton. It was found that the composition of the zooplankton assemblages changed along an ammonia concentration gradient and high nutrient pollution led to biotic homogeneity. The study also revealed a correlation between environmental factors, especially nitrogen content, and the beta diversity of zooplankton.
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Biodiversity Conservation
Ashleigh M. Basel, John P. Simaika, Michael J. Samways, Guy F. Midgley, Sandra MacFadyen, Cang Hui
Summary: This study evaluated the impact of climate change on Odonata assemblages and predicted significant changes in Odonata bioregions in South Africa in the coming decades. Climate change may result in complex and nonlinear responses in Odonata communities, requiring focused attention.
DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS
(2021)
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Ecology
Maurine Vilcot, Camille Albouy, Giulia Francesca Azzurra Donati, Thomas Claverie, Pagu Julius, Stephanie Manel, Loic Pellissier, Fabien Leprieur
Summary: This study examined the correlation between genetic diversity and species diversity across co-distributed taxa of tropical reef fish species in Western Indian Ocean. The results showed a positive and significant lineage-based SGDC only for the beta component, indicating that families with high species turnover contain species with high genetic differentiation. The study also revealed that the Monsoon Drift and larval dispersal processes play important roles in shaping beta-diversity patterns in tropical reef fishes.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Andres Baselga, Carola Gomez-Rodriguez
Summary: The study explores the impact of spatial distance on assemblage composition, indicating that it is influenced by climatic constraint and dispersal limitation. Different directions of climatic gradients affect the anisotropy of distance-decay of assemblage similarity. Various biological groups show differences in anisotropy, which are related to their dispersal ability and ecological niche characteristics.
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Biology
Minna Zhang, Bai Liu, Guangyin Li, Yingying Kuang, Xiuquan Yue, Shicheng Jiang, Jushan Liu, Ling Wang
Summary: The study found that the combined effects of herbivore assemblage and soil nitrogen quantity explained 41% of the variation in plant alpha-diversity, while the combined effects of herbivore assemblage and soil nitrogen heterogeneity explained 15% of the variation in plant beta-diversity. The independent effects of herbivore assemblage were more significant than those of soil nitrogen for both alpha- and beta-diversity. The research concluded that managing herbivore species by considering their impact on soil resources may play a significant role in maintaining plant diversity.
SCIENCE CHINA-LIFE SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Lukasz Glowacki, Joanna Leszczynska, Maria Grzybkowska, Kacper Pyrzanowski, Malgorzata Dukowska, Miroslaw Przybylski
Summary: The determinants of riverine chironomid species richness were studied in Central Poland, focusing on environmental factors, seasonality, and different diversity concepts. It was found that depth, Substrate Index (SI), velocity, and dissolved oxygen were significant factors influencing species richness, with summer having a noticeable impact.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Jorge Ari Noriega, Ana M. C. Santos, Joaquin Calatayud, Sergio Chozas, Joaquin Hortal
Summary: Species diversity of dung beetles in the Amazon region varies in space and time, with changes observed at different scales. Interannual and successional changes impact assemblage structure and functional group composition differently, indicating non-deterministic changes in dung beetle communities during forest succession.
Review
Oceanography
Chhaya Chaudhary, Mark John Costello
Summary: Turnover in species composition can indicate habitat diversity and population fragmentation due to environmental stress. Latitudinal gradients in species diversity help to synthesize local diversity into more general patterns. Recent research has shown that marine species richness does not peak but dips at and peaks on either side of the Equator, indicating a bimodal gradient. However, species turnover does peak at the Equator, suggesting population fragmentation due to thermal stress.
PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY
(2023)
Article
Entomology
Nora Haack, Paulo A. Borges, Annegret Grimm-Seyfarth, Martin Schlegel, Christian Wirth, Detlef Bernhard, Ingo Brunk, Klaus Henle, Henrique M. Pereira
Summary: The vertical structure and tree species have a significant impact on wood-inhabiting beetle communities in forests. However, the influence of these factors varies between common and rare beetle species.
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Biodiversity Conservation
Ning Zong, Gang Fu
Summary: Desertification can impact global socioeconomic development, ecological safety, and human health. In a field experiment in the Northern Tibet, it was found that species diversity and function diversity were affected by desertification, with soil fungal communities playing a key role in element cycling. Monitoring desertification conditions may be improved by combining species and function composition.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Lamei Jiang, Dong Hu, Hengfang Wang, Guanghui Lv
Summary: Understanding the drivers of plant diversity distribution in desert ecosystems is crucial for biogeography and conservation biology. This study investigated the effects of local environment and spatial factors on taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity in desert plant communities. The results showed that environmental filtering mainly influenced species richness, while dispersal limitation had a greater effect on phylogenetic diversity. Soil characteristics significantly influenced different dimensions of alpha- and beta-diversity.
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Rui He, Man Hu, Hang Shi, Quan Zhou, Xiao Shu, Kerong Zhang, Quanfa Zhang, Haishan Dang
Summary: This study aims to identify the potential determinants of species diversity in a deciduous broad-leaved forest in China. The results showed that soil available phosphorus and slope were correlated with species diversity. Environment and space together explained nearly half of the variations in community composition. Niche position was found to be a significant ecological trait affecting species contribution variations.
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Plant Sciences
Jianyu Xiao, Chengqun Yu, Gang Fu
Summary: The uncertain responses of aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) and plant diversity to climate warming and increased precipitation will limit our ability to predict changes in vegetation productivity and plant diversity under future climate change and further constrain our ability to protect biodiversity and ecosystems. A long-term experiment was conducted in an alpine meadow of Northern Tibet from 2014 to 2019 to explore the effects of warming and increased precipitation on ANPP, plant species, phylogenetic diversity, and community composition. The results showed that climate warming and increased precipitation had non-linear effects on ANPP and plant diversity, and inter-annual variations of ANPP and plant diversity were stronger than the effects of warming and increased precipitation.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Andres Baselga, Carola Gomez-Rodriguez, Miguel B. Araujo, Adrian Castro-Insua, Miguel Arenas, David Posada, Alfried P. Vogler
Summary: This study developed a predictive framework based on approximate Bayesian computation to quantify the role of dispersal and environmental constraints in community turnover. Simulations showed that spatial turnover rates remain invariant across genealogical scales when dispersal limitation determines species ranges, but vary when environmental constraint limits species ranges. Analysis of empirical biological communities revealed a combination of dispersal and environmental constraints influencing spatial turnover at different scales. The study highlights the importance of considering multiple genealogical scales in understanding the relative role of dispersal and environmental constraints in community turnover.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Hanni Jin, Jing Xu, Yu Peng, Jiaxun Xin, Nanyi Peng, Yanyi Li, Jijiao Huang, Ruiqiang Zhang, Chen Li, Yimeng Wu, Bingzhang Gong, Ronghui Wang
Summary: This study examines the relationship between plant species diversity and landscape patterns using a global standardized plant community database and land use and land cover maps. The results show that landscape patterns have a significant impact on plant diversity, particularly in terms of species richness and heterogeneity. It also found that plants adapt to landscape patterns through variations in functional traits. Therefore, the study recommends balancing the spatial structure of patch- and landscape-level patterns to enhance variation in functional traits and maintain global plant diversity.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
David A. Clague, David W. Caress, Brian M. Dreyer, Lonny Lundsten, Jennifer B. Paduan, Ryan A. Portner, Ronald Spelz-Madero, Julie A. Bowles, Paterno R. Castillo, Rigoberto Guardado-France, Morgane Le Saout, Julie F. Martin, Miguel A. Santa Rosa-del Rio, Robert A. Zierenberg
GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS
(2018)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Craig R. McClain, Clifton Nunnally, Mark C. Benfield
ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE
(2019)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Craig Robert Mcclain, Clifton Nunnally, River Dixon, Greg W. Rouse, Mark Benfield
Article
Environmental Sciences
Severine Martini, Darrin T. Schultz, Lonny Lundsten, Steven H. D. Haddock
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2020)
Editorial Material
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Leo Chan Gaskins, Craig R. McClain
Summary: Allowing for invisible name changes is crucial for the dignity of trans researchers, as it prevents their publication record from outing them without consent. A centralized name change request through ORCID iD would streamline the process and alleviate the burden of changing each publication individually.
Article
Ecology
Craig R. McClain
Summary: The study found that rarity is common among deep-sea bivalves in the Atlantic Ocean, with a bimodal pattern of very common and very rare species. The drivers of rarity include taxonomic superfamilies, body size, energy availability, temperature, depth, and latitude, which can predict the geographic range, population size, and habitat specificity of species. These findings have implications for deep-sea conservation efforts, particularly as human threats to the environment increase.
Review
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Craig R. McClain, S. River Bryant, Granger Hanks, Marshall W. Bowles
Summary: The search for extraterrestrial life is based on the study of life persisting in extreme conditions on Earth, and understanding the adaptability of life on Earth suggests that the possibility of extraterrestrial life is greater than previously thought.
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Biology
S. River D. Bryant, Craig R. McClain
Summary: Climate change impacts the functional diversity and functional niches of bivalve communities in the deep Atlantic Ocean, particularly in energy-limited communities. Changes in energy availability may lead to the expansion of functional space and vulnerability to shifts in food availability.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Craig R. Mcclain, Corie M. Boolukos, S. River D. Bryant, Granger Hanks
Summary: Wood in the deep sea serves as an important food source, creating specialized and diverse communities. The reliance on terrestrial sources means that human impacts on land can affect the biodiversity in the deep oceans.
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Ecology
Craig R. Mcclain, S. River D. Bryant, Granger Hanks, Jarrett Byrnes
Summary: This study examines six mechanisms underlying species-energy relationships in an experimental wood fall system. The results show that the more individuals hypothesis is supported, but niche dynamics and competition also play important roles. In addition, not only the total energy but also the accessibility of that energy determine community structure differences.
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Biology
S. River D. Bryant, Craig R. McClain
Summary: This study examines the impact of environmental energy on the body-size distribution of deep-sea bivalve communities. It demonstrates that body-size distribution is influenced by multiple energetic constraints. With increasing temperature and decreasing carbon and oxygen availability, invertebrate body size may undergo radical shifts that could impact ecosystem function.
Article
Engineering, Ocean
Kakani Katija, Brian Schlining, Lonny Lundsten, Kevin Barnard, Giovanna Sainz, Oceane Boulais, Benjamin Woodward, Katy Croff Bell
Summary: Ocean-going platforms are generating a vast amount of visual data, which exceeds researchers' abilities to process. Although recent advances in AI allow for fast and sophisticated analysis, the lack of dataset standardization and tools in oceanography has hindered progress. To address this issue, the establishment of FathomNet aims to utilize curated data for efficient and responsible marine stewardship, accelerating the development of automated algorithms for underwater visual data analysis.
MARINE TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY JOURNAL
(2021)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Miquel Canals, Christopher K. Pham, Melanie Bergmann, Lars Gutow, Georg Hanke, Erik van Sebille, Michela Angiolillo, Lene Buhl-Mortensen, Alessando Cau, Christos Ioakeimidis, Ulrike Kammann, Lonny Lundsten, George Papatheodorou, Autun Purser, Anna Sanchez-Vidal, Marcus Schulz, Matteo Vinci, Sanae Chiba, Francois Galgani, Daniel Langenkamper, Tiia Moller, Tim W. Nattkemper, Marta Ruiz, Sanna Suikkanen, Lucy Woodall, Elias Fakiris, Maria Eugenia Molina Jack, Alessandra Giorgetti
Summary: The seafloor, covering 70% of the Earth's surface, is a major sink for marine litter. However, due to its location in the deep sea, it is the least investigated fraction of marine litter. Monitoring frameworks are still being established to address the estimation of seafloor macrolitter.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Paleontology
Mary McGann, Lonny Lundsten
Article
Environmental Sciences
Magdalena N. Georgieva, Charles K. Paull, Crispin T. S. Little, Mary McGann, Diana Sahy, Daniel Condon, Lonny Lundsten, Jack Pewsey, David W. Caress, Robert C. Vnjenhoek
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2019)