Identifying copepod functional groups from species functional traits

We gathered information on the functional traits of the most representative copepod species in the Mediterranean Sea. Our database includes 191 species described by 7 traits encompassing diverse ecological functions: minimal and maximal body length, trophic group, feeding type, spawning strategy, di...

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Autores principales: Benedetti, Fabio, Gasparini, Stéphane, Ayata, Sakina-Dorothée
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Short Communications
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4722884/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26811565
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbv096
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author Benedetti, Fabio
Gasparini, Stéphane
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description We gathered information on the functional traits of the most representative copepod species in the Mediterranean Sea. Our database includes 191 species described by 7 traits encompassing diverse ecological functions: minimal and maximal body length, trophic group, feeding type, spawning strategy, diel vertical migration and vertical habitat. Cluster analysis in the functional trait space revealed that Mediterranean copepods can be separated into groups with distinct ecological roles.
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spelling pubmed-47228842016-01-25 Identifying copepod functional groups from species functional traits Benedetti, Fabio Gasparini, Stéphane Ayata, Sakina-Dorothée J Plankton Res Short Communications We gathered information on the functional traits of the most representative copepod species in the Mediterranean Sea. Our database includes 191 species described by 7 traits encompassing diverse ecological functions: minimal and maximal body length, trophic group, feeding type, spawning strategy, diel vertical migration and vertical habitat. Cluster analysis in the functional trait space revealed that Mediterranean copepods can be separated into groups with distinct ecological roles. Oxford University Press 2016-01 2015-11-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4722884/ /pubmed/26811565 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbv096 Text en © The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4722884/
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