10.25338/B83627
Gross, Collin
0000-0002-0896-8476
University of California, Davis
Gross, Collin
University of California, Davis
Duffy, J
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Hovel, Kevin
San Diego State University
Kardish, Melissa
University of California, Davis
Reynolds, Pamela
University of California, Davis
Boström, Christoffer
Åbo Akademi University
Boyer, Katharyn
San Francisco State University
Cusson, Mathiew
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
Eklöf, Johan
Stockholm University
Engelen, Aschwin
Universidade do Algarve
Eriksson, Klemens
University of Groningen
Fodrie, Joel
University of North Carolina
Griffin, John
Swansea University
Hereu, Clara
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
Hori, Masakazu
Fisheries Research Agency
Hughes, A Randall
Northeastern University
Ivanov, Mikhail
St Petersburg University
Jorgensen, Pablo
National University of Tierra del Fuego
Kruschel, Claudia
University of Zadar
Lee, Kun-Seop
Pusan National University
Lefcheck, Jonathan
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
McGlathery, Karen
University of Virginia
Moksnes, Per-Olav
University of Gothenburg
Nakaoka, Masahiro
Hokkaido University
O'Connor, Mary
University of British Columbia
O’Connor, Nessa
Trinity College Dublin
Olsen, Jeanine
University of Groningen
Orth, Robert
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Peterson, Bradley
Stony Brook University
Reiss, Henning
Nord University
Rossi, Francesca
Université Côte d'Azur
Ruesink, Jennifer
University of Washington
Sotka, Erik
College of Charleston
Thormar, Jonas
Institute of Marine Research
Tomas, Fiona
IMEDEAS (CSIC)
Unsworth, Richard
Swansea University
Voigt, Erin
San Diego State University
Whalen, Matt
Hakai Institute
Ziegler, Shelby
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
Stachowicz, Jay
University of California, Davis
The biogeography of community assembly: latitude and predation drive
variation in community trait distribution in a guild of epifaunal
crustaceans
Dryad
dataset
2021
latitudinal gradient
FOS: Other natural sciences
Peracarid
amphipod
isopod
tanaid
eelgrass
National Science Foundation
https://ror.org/021nxhr62
OCE 1336206, OCE 1336905, OCE 1336741
Åbo Akedemi University Foundation*
2022-02-02T00:00:00Z
2022-02-02T00:00:00Z
en
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5669434
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5669440
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While considerable evidence exists of biogeographic patterns in the
intensity of species interactions, the influence of these patterns on
variation in community structure is less clear. Using a model selection
approach on measures of trait dispersion in crustaceans associated with
eelgrass (Zostera marina) spanning 30º of latitude in two oceans, we found
that dispersion strongly increased with increasing predation and
decreasing latitude. Ocean and epiphyte load appeared as secondary
predictors; Pacific communities were more overdispersed while Atlantic
communities were more clustered, and increasing epiphytes were associated
with increased clustering. By examining how species interactions and
environmental filters influence community structure across biogeographic
regions, we demonstrate how both latitudinal variation in species
interactions and historical contingency shape these responses. Community
trait distributions have implications for ecosystem stability and
functioning, and integrating large-scale observations of environmental
filters, species interactions, and traits can help us predict how
communities may respond to environmental change.
See main manuscript for details.