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A Latitudinal Cline in the Taxonomic Structure of Eelgrass Epifaunal Communities is Associated With Plant Genetic Diversity

Collin P. Gross Orcid Logo, J. Emmett Duffy Orcid Logo, Kevin A. Hovel Orcid Logo, Pamela L. Reynolds Orcid Logo, Christoffer Boström Orcid Logo, Katharyn E. Boyer Orcid Logo, Mathieu Cusson Orcid Logo, Johan Eklöf Orcid Logo, Aschwin H. Engelen Orcid Logo, Britas Klemens Eriksson Orcid Logo, F. Joel Fodrie Orcid Logo, John Griffin Orcid Logo, Clara M. Hereu Orcid Logo, Masakazu Hori Orcid Logo, A. Randall Hughes, Mikhail V. Ivanov Orcid Logo, Pablo Jorgensen Orcid Logo, Melissa R. Kardish Orcid Logo, Claudia Kruschel Orcid Logo, Kun‐Seop Lee Orcid Logo, Jonathan Lefcheck Orcid Logo, Karen McGlathery, Per‐Olav Moksnes Orcid Logo, Masahiro Nakaoka Orcid Logo, Mary I. O'Connor Orcid Logo, Nessa E. O'Connor Orcid Logo, Jeanine L. Olsen Orcid Logo, Robert J. Orth Orcid Logo, Bradley J. Peterson Orcid Logo, Henning Reiss Orcid Logo, Francesca Rossi Orcid Logo, Jennifer Ruesink Orcid Logo, Erik E. Sotka Orcid Logo, Jonas Thormar Orcid Logo, Fiona Tomas Orcid Logo, Richard Unsworth Orcid Logo, Erin P. Voigt Orcid Logo, Matthew A. Whalen Orcid Logo, Shelby L. Ziegler Orcid Logo, John J. Stachowicz Orcid Logo

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Aim: Biogenic structural complexity increases mobile animal richness and abundance at local, regional and global scales, yet animal taxa vary in their response to complexity. When these taxa also vary functionally, habitat structures favouring certain taxa may have consequences for ecosystem functio...

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title A Latitudinal Cline in the Taxonomic Structure of Eelgrass Epifaunal Communities is Associated With Plant Genetic Diversity
spellingShingle A Latitudinal Cline in the Taxonomic Structure of Eelgrass Epifaunal Communities is Associated With Plant Genetic Diversity
John Griffin
Richard Unsworth
title_short A Latitudinal Cline in the Taxonomic Structure of Eelgrass Epifaunal Communities is Associated With Plant Genetic Diversity
title_full A Latitudinal Cline in the Taxonomic Structure of Eelgrass Epifaunal Communities is Associated With Plant Genetic Diversity
title_fullStr A Latitudinal Cline in the Taxonomic Structure of Eelgrass Epifaunal Communities is Associated With Plant Genetic Diversity
title_full_unstemmed A Latitudinal Cline in the Taxonomic Structure of Eelgrass Epifaunal Communities is Associated With Plant Genetic Diversity
title_sort A Latitudinal Cline in the Taxonomic Structure of Eelgrass Epifaunal Communities is Associated With Plant Genetic Diversity
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author John Griffin
Richard Unsworth
author2 Collin P. Gross
J. Emmett Duffy
Kevin A. Hovel
Pamela L. Reynolds
Christoffer Boström
Katharyn E. Boyer
Mathieu Cusson
Johan Eklöf
Aschwin H. Engelen
Britas Klemens Eriksson
F. Joel Fodrie
John Griffin
Clara M. Hereu
Masakazu Hori
A. Randall Hughes
Mikhail V. Ivanov
Pablo Jorgensen
Melissa R. Kardish
Claudia Kruschel
Kun‐Seop Lee
Jonathan Lefcheck
Karen McGlathery
Per‐Olav Moksnes
Masahiro Nakaoka
Mary I. O'Connor
Nessa E. O'Connor
Jeanine L. Olsen
Robert J. Orth
Bradley J. Peterson
Henning Reiss
Francesca Rossi
Jennifer Ruesink
Erik E. Sotka
Jonas Thormar
Fiona Tomas
Richard Unsworth
Erin P. Voigt
Matthew A. Whalen
Shelby L. Ziegler
John J. Stachowicz
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description Aim: Biogenic structural complexity increases mobile animal richness and abundance at local, regional and global scales, yet animal taxa vary in their response to complexity. When these taxa also vary functionally, habitat structures favouring certain taxa may have consequences for ecosystem function. We characterised global patterns of epifaunal invertebrates in eelgrass (Zostera marina) beds that varied in structural and genetic composition. Location: North America, Europe and Asia. Time Period: 2014. Major Taxa Studied: Peracarid crustaceans and gastropod molluscs. Methods: We sampled epifaunal invertebrate communities in 49 eelgrass beds across 37° latitude in two ocean basins concurrently with measurements of eelgrass genetic diversity, structural complexity and other abiotic and biotic environmental variables. We examined how species richness, abundance and community composition varied with latitude and environmental predictors using a random forest approach. We also examined how functional trait composition varied along with community structure. Results: Total species richness decreased with latitude, but this was accompanied by a taxonomic shift in dominance from peracarid crustaceans to gastropods, which exhibited different sets of functional traits. Greater eelgrass genetic diversity was strongly correlated with both richness and abundance of peracarids, but less so for gastropods. Main Conclusions: Our results add to a growing body of literature that suggests genetic variation in plant traits influences their associated faunal assemblages via habitat structure. Because peracarids and gastropods exhibited distinct functional traits, our results suggest a tentative indirect link between broad‐scale variation in plant genetic diversity and ecosystem function.
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