Patterns of diversity in soft-bodied meiofauna: dispersal ability and body size matter.
<h4>Background</h4>Biogeographical and macroecological principles are derived from patterns of distribution in large organisms, whereas microscopic ones have often been considered uninteresting, because of their supposed wide distribution. Here, after reporting the results of an intensiv...
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oai:doaj.org-article:d8d260002d644fa89ba3774ad866f9002021-11-18T07:24:25ZPatterns of diversity in soft-bodied meiofauna: dispersal ability and body size matter.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0033801https://doaj.org/article/d8d260002d644fa89ba3774ad866f9002012-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22457790/pdf/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203<h4>Background</h4>Biogeographical and macroecological principles are derived from patterns of distribution in large organisms, whereas microscopic ones have often been considered uninteresting, because of their supposed wide distribution. Here, after reporting the results of an intensive faunistic survey of marine microscopic animals (meiofauna) in Northern Sardinia, we test for the effect of body size, dispersal ability, and habitat features on the patterns of distribution of several groups.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>As a dataset we use the results of a workshop held at La Maddalena (Sardinia, Italy) in September 2010, aimed at studying selected taxa of soft-bodied meiofauna (Acoela, Annelida, Gastrotricha, Nemertodermatida, Platyhelminthes and Rotifera), in conjunction with data on the same taxa obtained during a previous workshop hosted at Tjärnö (Western Sweden) in September 2007. Using linear mixed effects models and model averaging while accounting for sampling bias and potential pseudoreplication, we found evidence that: (1) meiofaunal groups with more restricted distribution are the ones with low dispersal potential; (2) meiofaunal groups with higher probability of finding new species for science are the ones with low dispersal potential; (3) the proportion of the global species pool of each meiofaunal group present in each area at the regional scale is negatively related to body size, and positively related to their occurrence in the endobenthic habitat.<h4>Conclusion/significance</h4>Our macroecological analysis of meiofauna, in the framework of the ubiquity hypothesis for microscopic organisms, indicates that not only body size but mostly dispersal ability and also occurrence in the endobenthic habitat are important correlates of diversity for these understudied animals, with different importance at different spatial scales. Furthermore, since the Western Mediterranean is one of the best-studied areas in the world, the large number of undescribed species (37%) highlights that the census of marine meiofauna is still very far from being complete.Marco Curini-GallettiTom ArtoisValentina DeloguWillem H De SmetDiego FontanetoUlf JondeliusFrancesca LeasiAlejandro MartínezInga Meyer-WachsmuthKarin Sara NilssonPaolo TongiorgiKatrine WorsaaeM Antonio TodaroPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 7, Iss 3, p e33801 (2012) |
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<h4>Background</h4>Biogeographical and macroecological principles are derived from patterns of distribution in large organisms, whereas microscopic ones have often been considered uninteresting, because of their supposed wide distribution. Here, after reporting the results of an intensive faunistic survey of marine microscopic animals (meiofauna) in Northern Sardinia, we test for the effect of body size, dispersal ability, and habitat features on the patterns of distribution of several groups.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>As a dataset we use the results of a workshop held at La Maddalena (Sardinia, Italy) in September 2010, aimed at studying selected taxa of soft-bodied meiofauna (Acoela, Annelida, Gastrotricha, Nemertodermatida, Platyhelminthes and Rotifera), in conjunction with data on the same taxa obtained during a previous workshop hosted at Tjärnö (Western Sweden) in September 2007. Using linear mixed effects models and model averaging while accounting for sampling bias and potential pseudoreplication, we found evidence that: (1) meiofaunal groups with more restricted distribution are the ones with low dispersal potential; (2) meiofaunal groups with higher probability of finding new species for science are the ones with low dispersal potential; (3) the proportion of the global species pool of each meiofaunal group present in each area at the regional scale is negatively related to body size, and positively related to their occurrence in the endobenthic habitat.<h4>Conclusion/significance</h4>Our macroecological analysis of meiofauna, in the framework of the ubiquity hypothesis for microscopic organisms, indicates that not only body size but mostly dispersal ability and also occurrence in the endobenthic habitat are important correlates of diversity for these understudied animals, with different importance at different spatial scales. Furthermore, since the Western Mediterranean is one of the best-studied areas in the world, the large number of undescribed species (37%) highlights that the census of marine meiofauna is still very far from being complete. |
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Marco Curini-Galletti Tom Artois Valentina Delogu Willem H De Smet Diego Fontaneto Ulf Jondelius Francesca Leasi Alejandro Martínez Inga Meyer-Wachsmuth Karin Sara Nilsson Paolo Tongiorgi Katrine Worsaae M Antonio Todaro |
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Marco Curini-Galletti Tom Artois Valentina Delogu Willem H De Smet Diego Fontaneto Ulf Jondelius Francesca Leasi Alejandro Martínez Inga Meyer-Wachsmuth Karin Sara Nilsson Paolo Tongiorgi Katrine Worsaae M Antonio Todaro |
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Patterns of diversity in soft-bodied meiofauna: dispersal ability and body size matter. |
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Patterns of diversity in soft-bodied meiofauna: dispersal ability and body size matter. |
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Patterns of diversity in soft-bodied meiofauna: dispersal ability and body size matter. |
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Patterns of diversity in soft-bodied meiofauna: dispersal ability and body size matter. |
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Patterns of diversity in soft-bodied meiofauna: dispersal ability and body size matter. |
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patterns of diversity in soft-bodied meiofauna: dispersal ability and body size matter. |
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