Partitioning the impact of environmental drivers and species interactions in dynamic aquatic communities
| Autor: | Ellard R. Hunting, Ellen Cieraad, C.J.M. Musters, S. Henrik Barmentlo, Oleksandra Ieromina, Maarten Schrama, Peter M. van Bodegom, Martina G. Vijver |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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0106 biological sciences
biotic anthropogenic stressors trophic level 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Nutrient Abundance (ecology) lcsh:QH540-549.5 Temperate climate Relative species abundance Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Trophic level Abiotic component Ecology business.industry bottom‐up 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology seasonal change Taxon Geography Agriculture lcsh:Ecology abiotic business random forest |
| Zdroj: | Ecosphere, 10(11), e02910 Musters, K, Ieromina, O, Barmentlo, H, Hunting, E, Schrama, M, Cieraad, E, Vijver, M G & Van Bodegom, P M 2019, ' Partitioning the impact of environmental drivers and species interactions in dynamic aquatic communities ', Ecosphere, vol. 10, no. 11, e02910 . https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2910 Ecosphere, Vol 10, Iss 11, Pp n/a-n/a (2019) Ecosphere |
| DOI: | 10.1002/ecs2.2910 |
| Popis: | Temperate aquatic communities are highly diverse and seasonally variable, due to internal biotic processes and environmental drivers, including human‐induced stressors. The impact of drivers on species abundance is supposed to differ fundamentally depending on whether populations are experiencing limitations, which may shift over the season. However, an integrated understanding of how drivers structure communities seasonally is currently lacking. In order to partition the effect of drivers, we used random forests to quantify interactions between all taxa and environmental factors using macrofaunal data from 18 agricultural ditches sampled over two years. We found that, over the agricultural season, taxon abundance became increasingly better predicted by the abundances of co‐occurring taxa and nutrients compared to other abiotic factors, including pesticides. Our approach provides fundamental insights in community dynamics and highlights the need to consider changes in species interactions to understand the effects of anthropogenic stressors. |
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