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DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13425
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Long-term declines in an intertidal foundation species parallel shifts in community composition
作者: Sorte C.J.B.; Davidson V.E.; Franklin M.C.; Benes K.M.; Doellman M.M.; Etter R.J.; Hannigan R.E.; Lubchenco J.; Menge B.A.
刊名: Global Change Biology
出版年: 2017
卷: 23, 期:1
起始页码: 341
结束页码: 352
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Atlantic ; benchmarks ; biodiversity ; community ecology ; foundation species ; global change ; historical ecology ; mussel ; Mytilus edulis ; population biology
Scopus关键词: abundance ; benchmarking ; biodiversity ; community composition ; community ecology ; global change ; historical ecology ; mollusc ; population decline ; population dynamics ; Atlantic Ocean ; Gulf of Maine ; algae ; Animalia ; Mytilus edulis
英文摘要: The earth is in the midst of a biodiversity crisis, and projections indicate continuing and accelerating rates of global changes. Future alterations in communities and ecosystems may be precipitated by changes in the abundance of strongly interacting species, whose disappearance can lead to profound changes in abundance of other species, including an increase in extinction rate for some. Nearshore coastal communities are often dependent on the habitat and food resources provided by foundational plant (e.g., kelp) and animal (e.g., shellfish) species. We quantified changes in the abundance of the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis), a foundation species known to influence diversity and productivity of intertidal habitats, over the past 40 years in the Gulf of Maine, USA, one of the fastest warming regions in the global ocean. Using consistent survey methods, we compared contemporary population sizes to historical data from sites spanning >400 km. The results of these comparisons showed that blue mussels have declined in the Gulf of Maine by >60% (range: 29–100%) at the site level since the earliest benchmarks in the 1970s. At the same time as mussels declined, community composition shifted: at the four sites with historical community data, the sessile community became increasingly algal dominated. Contemporary (2013–2014) surveys across 20 sites showed that sessile species richness was positively correlated to mussel abundance in mid to high intertidal zones. These results suggest that declines in a critical foundation species may have already impacted the intertidal community. To inform future conservation efforts, we provide a database of historical and contemporary baselines of mussel population abundance and dynamics in the Gulf of Maine. Our results underscore the importance of anticipating not only changes in diversity but also changes in the abundance and identity of component species, as strong interactors like foundation species have the potential to drive cascading community shifts. © 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
资助项目: Sorte, C.J.B. ; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of CaliforniaUnited States ; 电子邮件: csorte@uci.edu
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/61099
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作者单位: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA, United States; Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, United States; Cornell Institute for Public Affairs, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, United States; Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, United States; School for the Environment, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States

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Sorte C.J.B.,Davidson V.E.,Franklin M.C.,et al. Long-term declines in an intertidal foundation species parallel shifts in community composition[J]. Global Change Biology,2017-01-01,23(1)
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