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Jorge García-Girón, Jani Heino, Lars Baastrup-Spohr, Claudia P. Bove, John Clayton, Mary de Winton, Tõnu Feldmann, Margarita Fernández-Aláez, Frauke Ecke, Patrick Grillas, Mark V. Hoyer, Agnieszka Kolada, Sarian Kosten, Balázs A. Lukács, Marit Mjelde, Roger P. Mormul, Laila Rhazi, Mouhssine Rhazi, Laura Sass, Jun Xu, Janne Alahuhta, Global patterns and determinants of lake macrophyte taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic beta diversity, Science of The Total Environment, Volume 723, 2020, 138021, ISSN 0048-9697, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138021

Global patterns and determinants of lake macrophyte taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic beta diversity

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Author: García-Girón, Jorge1; Heino, Jani2; Baastrup-Spohr, Lars3;
Organizations: 1Ecology Unit, University of León, Campus de Vegazana S/N, 24071 León, Spain
2Finnish Environment Institute, Freshwater Centre, P.O. Box 413, 90014 Oulu, Finland
3Freshwater Biological Laboratory, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 4, 2100 København Ø, Denmark
4Departamento de Botânica, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20940–040, Brazil
5National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited, P.O. Box 11115, Hamilton, New Zealand
6Centre for Limnology, Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, 61117 Rannu, Tartumaa, Estonia
7Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), P.O. Box 7050, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
8Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), 901 83 Umeå, Sweden
9Tour du Valat, Research Institute for the Conservation of Mediterranean Wetlands, Le Sambuc, 13200 Arles, Franc
10Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, Institute of Food and Agricultural Services, University of Florida, 7922 NW 71st Street, Gainesville, FL 32609, USA
11Department of Freshwater Protection, Institute of Environmental Protection–National Research Institute, Krucza 5/11D, 00-548 Warsaw, Poland
12Department of Aquatic Ecology and Environmental Biology, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525AJ Nijmegen, the Netherlands
13Department of Tisza River Research, MTA Centre for Ecological Research, DRI, Bem tér 18/C, Debrecen 4026, Hungary
14Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), Gaustadalléen 21, 0349 Oslo, Norway
15Department of Biology, Research Group in Limnology, Ichthyology and Aquaculture-Nupélia, State University of Maringá, Av. Colombo 5790, Bloco H90, CEP-87020-900 Mringá, PR, Brazil
16Research Center of Plant and Microbial Biotechnologies, Biodiversity and Environment, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University in Rabat, 4 avenue Ibn Battouta, B.P. 1014 RP, Rabat, Morocco
17Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Biology, Moulay Ismail University, PB 509, Boutalamine, Errachidia, Morocco
18Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, 1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
19Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430070, China
20Geography Research Unit, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 3000, 90014 Oulu, Finland
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Version: accepted version
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Persistent link: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2020051938350
Language: English
Published: Elsevier, 2020
Publish Date: 2022-03-21
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Abstract

Documenting the patterns of biological diversity on Earth has always been a central challenge in macroecology and biogeography. However, for the diverse group of freshwater plants, such research program is still in its infancy. Here, we examined global variation in taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic beta diversity patterns of lake macrophytes using regional data from six continents. A data set of ca. 480 lake macrophyte community observations, together with climatic, geographical and environmental variables, was compiled across 16 regions worldwide. We (a) built the very first phylogeny comprising most freshwater plant lineages; (b) exploited a wide array of functional traits that are important to macrophyte autoecology or that relate to lake ecosystem functioning; (c) assessed if different large-scale beta diversity patterns show a clear latitudinal gradient from the equator to the poles using null models; and (d) employed evolutionary and regression models to first identify the degree to which the studied functional traits show a phylogenetic signal, and then to estimate community-environment relationships at multiple spatial scales. Our results supported the notion that ecological niches evolved independently of phylogeny in macrophyte lineages worldwide. We also showed that taxonomic and phylogenetic beta diversity followed the typical global trend with higher diversity in the tropics. In addition, we were able to confirm that species, multi-trait and lineage compositions were first and foremost structured by climatic conditions at relatively broad spatial scales. Perhaps more importantly, we showed that large-scale processes along latitudinal and elevational gradients have left a strong footprint in the current diversity patterns and community-environment relationships in lake macrophytes. Overall, our results stress the need for an integrative approach to macroecology, biogeography and conservation biology, combining multiple diversity facets at different spatial scales.

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Series: Science of the total environment
ISSN: 0048-9697
ISSN-E: 1879-1026
ISSN-L: 0048-9697
Volume: 723
Article number: 138021
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138021
OADOI: https://oadoi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138021
Type of Publication: A1 Journal article – refereed
Field of Science: 1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology
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Funding: JGG appreciates financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Industry [project METAPONDS, grant CGL2017-84176R], the Junta de Castilla y León [grant LE004G18] and from the Fundación Biodiversidad (Spanish Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge). BAL was supported by National Research, Development and Innovation Fund [grant NKFIH, OTKA PD120775] and by the Bolyai János Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. S.K. was supported by NWO Veni [grant 86312012]. Sampling of the coastal Brazilian lakes was financed by NWO [grant W84-549]; The National Geographic Society [grant 7864-5]; and CNPq [grants 480122, 490409, 311427].
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