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Large-scale ocean connectivity and planktonic body size

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  • Ernesto Villarino

    (AZTI, Marine Research Division)

  • James R. Watson

    (Oregon State University)

  • Bror Jönsson

    (University of New Hampshire)

  • Josep M. Gasol

    (Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC)

  • Guillem Salazar

    (Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC)

  • Silvia G. Acinas

    (Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC)

  • Marta Estrada

    (Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC)

  • Ramón Massana

    (Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC)

  • Ramiro Logares

    (Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC)

  • Caterina R. Giner

    (Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC)

  • Massimo C. Pernice

    (Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC
    University of Stockholm)

  • M. Pilar Olivar

    (Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC)

  • Leire Citores

    (AZTI, Marine Research Division)

  • Jon Corell

    (AZTI, Marine Research Division)

  • Naiara Rodríguez-Ezpeleta

    (AZTI, Marine Research Division)

  • José Luis Acuña

    (Universidad de Oviedo, Calle Catedrático Valentín Andrés Alvarez)

  • Axayacatl Molina-Ramírez

    (Universidad de Oviedo, Calle Catedrático Valentín Andrés Alvarez
    Center for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science CEFAS Marine instrumentation and survey team Parkfield road, Lowestoft)

  • J. Ignacio González-Gordillo

    (Universidad de Cádiz, Campus de Excelencia Internacional del Mar (CEI-MAR))

  • Andrés Cózar

    (Universidad de Cádiz, Campus de Excelencia Internacional del Mar (CEI-MAR))

  • Elisa Martí

    (Universidad de Cádiz, Campus de Excelencia Internacional del Mar (CEI-MAR))

  • José A. Cuesta

    (Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucía, CSIC, Campus de Excelencia Internacional del Mar (CEI-MAR))

  • Susana Agustí

    (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Red Sea Research Center
    Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados)

  • Eugenio Fraile-Nuez

    (Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Canarias)

  • Carlos M. Duarte

    (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Red Sea Research Center
    Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados)

  • Xabier Irigoien

    (AZTI, Marine Research Division
    IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science)

  • Guillem Chust

    (AZTI, Marine Research Division)

Abstract

Global patterns of planktonic diversity are mainly determined by the dispersal of propagules with ocean currents. However, the role that abundance and body size play in determining spatial patterns of diversity remains unclear. Here we analyse spatial community structure - β-diversity - for several planktonic and nektonic organisms from prokaryotes to small mesopelagic fishes collected during the Malaspina 2010 Expedition. β-diversity was compared to surface ocean transit times derived from a global circulation model, revealing a significant negative relationship that is stronger than environmental differences. Estimated dispersal scales for different groups show a negative correlation with body size, where less abundant large-bodied communities have significantly shorter dispersal scales and larger species spatial turnover rates than more abundant small-bodied plankton. Our results confirm that the dispersal scale of planktonic and micro-nektonic organisms is determined by local abundance, which scales with body size, ultimately setting global spatial patterns of diversity.

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  • Ernesto Villarino & James R. Watson & Bror Jönsson & Josep M. Gasol & Guillem Salazar & Silvia G. Acinas & Marta Estrada & Ramón Massana & Ramiro Logares & Caterina R. Giner & Massimo C. Pernice & M. , 2018. "Large-scale ocean connectivity and planktonic body size," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 9(1), pages 1-13, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:9:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-017-02535-8
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02535-8
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    1. Felix Milke & Jens Meyerjürgens & Meinhard Simon, 2023. "Ecological mechanisms and current systems shape the modular structure of the global oceans’ prokaryotic seascape," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-15, December.
    2. David K. Ngugi & Silvia G. Acinas & Pablo Sánchez & Josep M. Gasol & Susana Agusti & David M. Karl & Carlos M. Duarte, 2023. "Abiotic selection of microbial genome size in the global ocean," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-12, December.
    3. Chase C. James & Andrew D. Barton & Lisa Zeigler Allen & Robert H. Lampe & Ariel Rabines & Anne Schulberg & Hong Zheng & Ralf Goericke & Kelly D. Goodwin & Andrew E. Allen, 2022. "Influence of nutrient supply on plankton microbiome biodiversity and distribution in a coastal upwelling region," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-13, December.

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