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Meijer KJ, Gusmao JB, Bruil L, Franken O, Grimm IA, van der Heide T, Hijner N, Holthuijsen SJ, Hübner L, Thieltges DW, Olff H, Eriksson BK, Govers LL. The seafloor from a trait perspective. A comprehensive life history dataset of soft sediment macrozoobenthos. Sci Data 2023; 10:808. [PMID: 37978182 PMCID: PMC10656422 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-023-02728-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023] Open
Abstract
Biological trait analysis (BTA) is a valuable tool for evaluating changes in community diversity and its link to ecosystem processes as well as environmental and anthropogenic perturbations. Trait-based analytical techniques like BTA rely on standardised datasets of species traits. However, there are currently only a limited number of datasets available for marine macrobenthos that contain trait data across multiple taxonomic groups. Here, we present an open-access dataset of 16 traits for 235 macrozoobenthic species recorded throughout multiple sampling campaigns of the Dutch Wadden Sea; a dynamic soft bottom system where humans have long played a substantial role in shaping the coastal environment. The trait categories included in this dataset cover a variety of life history strategies that are tightly linked to ecosystem functioning and the resilience of communities to (anthropogenic) perturbations and can advance our understanding of environmental changes and human impacts on the functioning of soft bottom systems.
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- Kasper J Meijer
- Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), University of Groningen, P.O. Box 11103, 9700 CC, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geoquímica: Petróleo e Meio Ambiente (POSPETRO) Institute of Geosciences, Federal University of Bahia (IGEO, UFBA), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
- Environmental and Marine Biology, Åbo Akademi University, 20500, Turku, Finland
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- Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), University of Groningen, P.O. Box 11103, 9700 CC, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), University of Groningen, P.O. Box 11103, 9700 CC, Groningen, The Netherlands
- NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Coastal Systems, P.O. Box 59, 1790 AB, Den Burg, Texel, The Netherlands
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- Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), University of Groningen, P.O. Box 11103, 9700 CC, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), University of Groningen, P.O. Box 11103, 9700 CC, Groningen, The Netherlands
- NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Coastal Systems, P.O. Box 59, 1790 AB, Den Burg, Texel, The Netherlands
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- Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), University of Groningen, P.O. Box 11103, 9700 CC, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Coastal Systems, P.O. Box 59, 1790 AB, Den Burg, Texel, The Netherlands
- Rijkswaterstaat Noord Nederland, P.O. Box 2232, 3500 GE, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), University of Groningen, P.O. Box 11103, 9700 CC, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), University of Groningen, P.O. Box 11103, 9700 CC, Groningen, The Netherlands
- NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Coastal Systems, P.O. Box 59, 1790 AB, Den Burg, Texel, The Netherlands
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- Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), University of Groningen, P.O. Box 11103, 9700 CC, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), University of Groningen, P.O. Box 11103, 9700 CC, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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- Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), University of Groningen, P.O. Box 11103, 9700 CC, Groningen, The Netherlands.
- NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Coastal Systems, P.O. Box 59, 1790 AB, Den Burg, Texel, The Netherlands.
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Castellanos-Iglesias S, Siret-Martínez SL, Di Domenico M, Martínez-Daranas B, Haddad MA. Epiphytic hydroid community as sentinels of seagrass condition and human impacts. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2021; 173:112939. [PMID: 34563957 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2020] [Revised: 09/02/2021] [Accepted: 09/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Negative human actions on seagrasses affect habitat condition and its associated fauna. Epiphytic hydroid's assemblage response to seagrass condition, water quality, and human impacts was evaluated in two bays of the Sabana-Camagüey Ecosystem of Cuba, using the presence of contamination, causeways, and trawling fishing as impact level proxies to the seagrass meadows. Thirty-eight species composed the hydroid's assemblage including five new records. Symmetroscyphus intermedius was the most abundant species and sensitive to indicators of the seagrass condition. Dynamena disticha and Gastroblasta sp. were sensitive to water quality predictors. Obelia bidentata was exclusive to the most impacted sites. Species richness and abundance were low in impacted sites and were highly affected by fishing trawling and causeways construction. Salinity, depth, NO2, pH, SSV, macroalgae cover, shoot density, and wet weight of Thalassia testudinum were the best predictors for hydroid's assemblages. Results suggest epiphytic hydroids on tropical seagrass meadows as sentinel organisms.
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- S Castellanos-Iglesias
- Post-graduate Program in Zoology, Federal University of Paraná, Centro Politécnico, Caixa Postal 19020, 81531-980 Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
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- Post-graduate Program in Zoology, Federal University of Paraná, Centro Politécnico, Caixa Postal 19020, 81531-980 Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- Center for Marine Studies, Federal University of Paraná, Caixa Postal 61, Pontal do Sul, Pontal do Paraná 11300, PR, Brazil
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- Marine Research Center, University of Havana, Calle 16 No. 114, Playa, La Habana 11300, Cuba
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- Post-graduate Program in Zoology, Federal University of Paraná, Centro Politécnico, Caixa Postal 19020, 81531-980 Curitiba, PR, Brazil; Zoology Department, Federal University of Paraná, Centro Politécnico, Caixa Postal 19020, 81531-980 Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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Dutto MS, Chazarreta CJ, Rodriguez CS, Schiariti A, Diaz Briz LM, Genzano GN. Macroscale abundance patterns of hydromedusae in the temperate Southwestern Atlantic (27°-56° S). PLoS One 2019; 14:e0217628. [PMID: 31216305 PMCID: PMC6584020 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2018] [Accepted: 05/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Gelatinous organisms are crucial components of marine ecosystems and some species imply social and economic consequences. However, certain geographic areas, such as the temperate Southwestern Atlantic (SWA, 27° - 56° S), remain understudied in terms of jellyfish ecological data. We analyzed 3,727 plankton samples collected along ~6.7 million km2 over a 31-year period (1983-2014) to determine the occurrence, abundance, and diversity patterns of hydromedusae in the SWA. Analyses were made at both community and species levels. Two abundance hot spots of hydromedusae were identified, where values up to 2,480 ind. m-3 were recorded between 2003 and 2014. Liriope tetraphylla and Obelia spp. were the main responsible for recurrent peaks. Diversity indexes were in the range of those published for temperate areas worldwide, and some coastal zones showed values that can be considered moderate to high for a temperate neritic region. The community analysis yielded 10 groups following previously determined biogeographic schemes throughout the study area. This work enhances the knowledge of hydromedusae in the SWA and provides essential information about the current global warming context and the gelatinous zooplankton data necessity.
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- María Sofía Dutto
- Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía (IADO, CONICET-UNS), Centro Científico Tecnológico Bahía Blanca, Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía (IADO, CONICET-UNS), Centro Científico Tecnológico Bahía Blanca, Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC, CONICET-UNMdP), Mar del Plata, Argentina
- Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero (INIDEP), Mar del Plata, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC, CONICET-UNMdP), Mar del Plata, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC, CONICET-UNMdP), Mar del Plata, Argentina
- Departamento de Ciencias Marinas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMdP), Mar del Plata, Argentina
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Di Camillo CG, Bavestrello G, Cerrano C, Gravili C, Piraino S, Puce S, Boero F. Hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa): A Neglected Component of Animal Forests. MARINE ANIMAL FORESTS 2017. [PMCID: PMC7123800 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-21012-4_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Hydroids, one of the dominant components of the zoobenthic communities, share comparable growth patterns with higher plants because of their modular body organization, high potential of asexual reproduction, and phenotypic plasticity. These features, together with the ability to enter dormancy to overcome unfavorable conditions, make hydroids successful organisms adaptable to a wide range of environmental scenarios. Depending on their wide range of shapes and sizes, hydroids form three-dimensional forests at different dimensional scales, establishing both trophic and non-trophic relationships with several other organisms, from virus to vertebrates. Despite numerous researches conducted to study the hydroid ecology, the putative importance of hydroids in structuring zoobenthic communities is underestimated. Here, information available about hydroid ecology is summarized, in order to emphasize the role of hydroids as forest formers, as well as their function in the bentho-pelagic coupling.
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