Limiting similarity, niche filtering and functional diversity in coastal lagoon fish communities

2007 ◽  
Vol 71 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 443-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Mouillot ◽  
Olivier Dumay ◽  
Jean Antoine Tomasini
Keyword(s):  
Functional Diversity ◽  
Coastal Lagoon ◽  
Fish Communities ◽  
Limiting Similarity

scholarly journals Environmental DNA effectively captures functional diversity of coastal fish communities

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giorgio Aglieri ◽  
Charles Baillie ◽  
Stefano Mariani ◽  
Carlo Cattano ◽  
Antonio Calò ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Functional Diversity ◽  
Fish Communities ◽  
Environmental Dna ◽  
Coastal Fish

scholarly journals Influences of the area, shape and connectivity of coastal lakes on the taxonomic and functional diversity of fish communities in Southern Brazil

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Maria Hartz ◽  
Elise Amador Rocha ◽  
Fernanda Thiesen Brum ◽  
André Luís Luza ◽  
Taís de Fátima Ramos Guimarães ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Functional Diversity ◽  
Fish Communities ◽  
Taxonomic Diversity ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Freshwater Species ◽  
Coastal Lakes ◽  
Causal Connections ◽  
Functional Richness ◽  
Dispersal Abilities ◽  
Functional Evenness

In this study we investigated the influence of landscape variables on the alpha taxonomic and functional diversity of fish communities in coastal lakes. We built an analytical framework that included possible causal connections among variables, which we analyzed using path analysis. We obtained landscape metrics for the area, shape and connectivity (estuary connectivity and primary connectivity to neighboring lakes) of 37 coastal lakes in the Tramandaí River Basin. We collected fish data from 49 species using standardized sampling with gillnets and obtained a set of traits related to dispersal abilities and food acquisition. The model that best explained the taxonomic diversity and functional richness took into account the shape of the lakes. Functional richness was also explained by estuary connectivity. Functional evenness and dispersion were not predicted by area or connectivity, but they were influenced by the abundant freshwater species. This indicates that all lakes support most of the regional functional diversity. The results highlight the importance of the dispersal process in this lake system and allow the conclusion that considering multiple diversity dimensions can aid the conservation of local and regional fish communities.

Long-term changes in fish communities of the Ria Formosa coastal lagoon (southern Portugal) based on two studies made 20years apart

2008 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joaquim Ribeiro ◽  
Carlos C. Monteiro ◽  
Pedro Monteiro ◽  
Luis Bentes ◽  
Rui Coelho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Lagoon ◽  
Fish Communities ◽  
Ria Formosa ◽  
Long Term Changes ◽  
Southern Portugal

scholarly journals Functional diversity and redundancy of freshwater fish communities across biogeographic and environmental gradients

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (11) ◽  
pp. 1612-1626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl A. Lamothe ◽  
Karen M. Alofs ◽  
Donald A. Jackson ◽  
Keith M. Somers
Keyword(s):  
Freshwater Fish ◽  
Functional Diversity ◽  
Environmental Gradients ◽  
Fish Communities

scholarly journals Temporal changes in the taxonomic and functional diversity of fish communities in shallow Chinese lakes: the effects of river-lake connections and aquaculture

2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Cheng ◽  
Simon Blanchet ◽  
Géraldine Loot ◽  
Sebastien Villéger ◽  
Tanglin Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Functional Diversity ◽  
Fish Communities ◽  
Temporal Changes

Geographic isolation and climate govern the functional diversity of native fish communities in European drainage basins

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (11) ◽  
pp. 1083-1095 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Schleuter ◽  
Martin Daufresne ◽  
Jacques Veslot ◽  
Norman W. H. Mason ◽  
Cédric Lanoiselée ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Functional Diversity ◽  
Fish Communities ◽  
Native Fish ◽  
Geographic Isolation ◽  
Drainage Basins

scholarly journals Trait-based community assembly of epiphytic diatoms in saline astatic ponds: a test of the stress-dominance hypothesis

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Éva Ács ◽  
Angéla Földi ◽  
Csaba Ferenc Vad ◽  
Zsuzsa Trábert ◽  
Keve Tihamér Kiss ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Functional Diversity ◽  
Community Assembly ◽  
Environmental Gradients ◽  
N Uptake ◽  
Environmental Filtering ◽  
Limiting Similarity ◽  
Epiphytic Diatoms ◽  
Assembly Rule ◽  
Trait Convergence ◽  
Diatom Communities

Abstract The stress dominance hypothesis (SDH) postulates that strong environmental gradients drive trait convergence in communities over limiting similarity. Previous studies, conducted mostly with terrestrial plant communities, found controversial evidence for this prediction. We provide here the first test for SDH for epiphytic diatoms. We studied community assembly in diatom communities of astatic ponds. These water bodies serve as a good model system for testing SDH because they exhibit stress gradients of various environmental factors. Functional diversity of diatom communities was assessed based on four traits: (1) combined trait reflecting the trade-off between stress tolerance and competitive dominance, (2) cell size, (3) oxygen requirement and (4) N-uptake strategy. According to our results, salinity, pH and the width of the macrophyte belt appeared as significant predictors of the trait convergence/divergence patterns presumably acting through influencing the availability of carbon dioxide and turbidity. Lower trait diversity was found in turbid, more saline and more alkaline ponds and functional diversity was higher in transparent, less saline and less alkaline ponds. Overall, our results supported the stress dominance hypothesis. In habitats representing increased environmental stress, environmental filtering was the most important community assembly rule, while limiting similarity became dominant under more favourable conditions.

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