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Patterns of species richness and the center of diversity in modern Indo-Pacific larger foraminifera
Symbiont-bearing Larger Benthic Foraminifera (LBF) are ubiquitous components of shallow tropical and subtropical environments and contribute substantially to carbonaceous reef and shelf sediments. Climate change is dramatically affecting carbonate producing organisms and threatens the diversity and...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5974165/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29844498 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-26598-9 |
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author | Förderer, Meena Rödder, Dennis Langer, Martin R. |
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description | Symbiont-bearing Larger Benthic Foraminifera (LBF) are ubiquitous components of shallow tropical and subtropical environments and contribute substantially to carbonaceous reef and shelf sediments. Climate change is dramatically affecting carbonate producing organisms and threatens the diversity and structural integrity of coral reef ecosystems. Recent invertebrate and vertebrate surveys have identified the Coral Triangle as the planet’s richest center of marine life delineating the region as a top priority for conservation. We compiled and analyzed extensive occurrence records for 68 validly recognized species of LBF from the Indian and Pacific Ocean, established individual range maps and applied Minimum Convex Polygon (MCP) and Species Distribution Model (SDM) methodologies to create the first ocean-wide species richness maps. SDM output was further used for visualizing latitudinal and longitudinal diversity gradients. Our findings provide strong support for assigning the tropical Central Indo-Pacific as the world’s species-richest marine region with the Central Philippines emerging as the bullseye of LBF diversity. Sea surface temperature and nutrient content were identified as the most influential environmental constraints exerting control over the distribution of LBF. Our findings contribute to the completion of worldwide research on tropical marine biodiversity patterns and the identification of targeting centers for conservation efforts. |
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spelling | pubmed-59741652018-05-31 Patterns of species richness and the center of diversity in modern Indo-Pacific larger foraminifera Förderer, Meena Rödder, Dennis Langer, Martin R. Sci Rep Article Symbiont-bearing Larger Benthic Foraminifera (LBF) are ubiquitous components of shallow tropical and subtropical environments and contribute substantially to carbonaceous reef and shelf sediments. Climate change is dramatically affecting carbonate producing organisms and threatens the diversity and structural integrity of coral reef ecosystems. Recent invertebrate and vertebrate surveys have identified the Coral Triangle as the planet’s richest center of marine life delineating the region as a top priority for conservation. We compiled and analyzed extensive occurrence records for 68 validly recognized species of LBF from the Indian and Pacific Ocean, established individual range maps and applied Minimum Convex Polygon (MCP) and Species Distribution Model (SDM) methodologies to create the first ocean-wide species richness maps. SDM output was further used for visualizing latitudinal and longitudinal diversity gradients. Our findings provide strong support for assigning the tropical Central Indo-Pacific as the world’s species-richest marine region with the Central Philippines emerging as the bullseye of LBF diversity. Sea surface temperature and nutrient content were identified as the most influential environmental constraints exerting control over the distribution of LBF. Our findings contribute to the completion of worldwide research on tropical marine biodiversity patterns and the identification of targeting centers for conservation efforts. Nature Publishing Group UK 2018-05-29 /pmc/articles/PMC5974165/ /pubmed/29844498 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-26598-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2018 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Article Förderer, Meena Rödder, Dennis Langer, Martin R. Patterns of species richness and the center of diversity in modern Indo-Pacific larger foraminifera |
title | Patterns of species richness and the center of diversity in modern Indo-Pacific larger foraminifera |
title_full | Patterns of species richness and the center of diversity in modern Indo-Pacific larger foraminifera |
title_fullStr | Patterns of species richness and the center of diversity in modern Indo-Pacific larger foraminifera |
title_full_unstemmed | Patterns of species richness and the center of diversity in modern Indo-Pacific larger foraminifera |
title_short | Patterns of species richness and the center of diversity in modern Indo-Pacific larger foraminifera |
title_sort | patterns of species richness and the center of diversity in modern indo-pacific larger foraminifera |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5974165/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29844498 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-26598-9 |
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