Spatial subsidies drive sweet spots of tropical marine biomass production.

Spatial subsidies increase local productivity and boost consumer abundance beyond the limits imposed by local resources. In marine ecosystems, deeper water and open ocean subsidies promote animal aggregations and enhance biomass that is critical for human harvesting. However, the scale of this pheno...

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Autores principales:	Renato A Morais, Alexandre C Siqueira, Patrick F Smallhorn-West, David R Bellwood
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
Materias:	Biology (General) QH301-705.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:066832c0cf284489bbd5563bd4d834d62021-12-02T19:54:18ZSpatial subsidies drive sweet spots of tropical marine biomass production.1544-91731545-788510.1371/journal.pbio.3001435https://doaj.org/article/066832c0cf284489bbd5563bd4d834d62021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001435https://doaj.org/toc/1544-9173https://doaj.org/toc/1545-7885Spatial subsidies increase local productivity and boost consumer abundance beyond the limits imposed by local resources. In marine ecosystems, deeper water and open ocean subsidies promote animal aggregations and enhance biomass that is critical for human harvesting. However, the scale of this phenomenon in tropical marine systems remains unknown. Here, we integrate a detailed assessment of biomass production in 3 key locations, spanning a major biodiversity and abundance gradient, with an ocean-scale dataset of fish counts to predict the extent and magnitude of plankton subsidies to fishes on coral reefs. We show that planktivorous fish-mediated spatial subsidies are widespread across the Indian and Pacific oceans and drive local spikes in biomass production that can lead to extreme productivity, up to 30 kg ha-1 day-1. Plankton subsidies form the basis of productivity "sweet spots" where planktivores provide more than 50% of the total fish production, more than all other trophic groups combined. These sweet spots operate at regional, site, and smaller local scales. By harvesting oceanic productivity, planktivores bypass spatial constraints imposed by local primary productivity, creating "oases" of tropical fish biomass that are accessible to humans.Renato A MoraisAlexandre C SiqueiraPatrick F Smallhorn-WestDavid R BellwoodPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleBiology (General)QH301-705.5ENPLoS Biology, Vol 19, Iss 11, p e3001435 (2021)
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description	Spatial subsidies increase local productivity and boost consumer abundance beyond the limits imposed by local resources. In marine ecosystems, deeper water and open ocean subsidies promote animal aggregations and enhance biomass that is critical for human harvesting. However, the scale of this phenomenon in tropical marine systems remains unknown. Here, we integrate a detailed assessment of biomass production in 3 key locations, spanning a major biodiversity and abundance gradient, with an ocean-scale dataset of fish counts to predict the extent and magnitude of plankton subsidies to fishes on coral reefs. We show that planktivorous fish-mediated spatial subsidies are widespread across the Indian and Pacific oceans and drive local spikes in biomass production that can lead to extreme productivity, up to 30 kg ha-1 day-1. Plankton subsidies form the basis of productivity "sweet spots" where planktivores provide more than 50% of the total fish production, more than all other trophic groups combined. These sweet spots operate at regional, site, and smaller local scales. By harvesting oceanic productivity, planktivores bypass spatial constraints imposed by local primary productivity, creating "oases" of tropical fish biomass that are accessible to humans.
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author	Renato A Morais Alexandre C Siqueira Patrick F Smallhorn-West David R Bellwood
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title	Spatial subsidies drive sweet spots of tropical marine biomass production.
title_short	Spatial subsidies drive sweet spots of tropical marine biomass production.
title_full	Spatial subsidies drive sweet spots of tropical marine biomass production.
title_fullStr	Spatial subsidies drive sweet spots of tropical marine biomass production.
title_full_unstemmed	Spatial subsidies drive sweet spots of tropical marine biomass production.
title_sort	spatial subsidies drive sweet spots of tropical marine biomass production.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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Spatial subsidies drive sweet spots of tropical marine biomass production.

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