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Determination of intertidal macroalgae community patterns using the power law model
The spatial heterogeneity of macroalgae in intertidal zones affects the stability of marine ecosystem communities, contributes to the maintenance of coastal biodiversity, and has an essential role in ecosystem and habitat maintenance. We explored the feasibility of applying the power law model to an...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9639843/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36342951 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277281 |
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author | Li, Xunmeng Chen, Jianqu Li, Jun Wang, Kai Wang, Zhenhua Zhang, Shouyu |
author_facet | Li, Xunmeng Chen, Jianqu Li, Jun Wang, Kai Wang, Zhenhua Zhang, Shouyu |
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description | The spatial heterogeneity of macroalgae in intertidal zones affects the stability of marine ecosystem communities, contributes to the maintenance of coastal biodiversity, and has an essential role in ecosystem and habitat maintenance. We explored the feasibility of applying the power law model to analyze the spatial distribution of macroalgae on Lvhua Island (Zhejiang Province, China) and characterized the intertidal spatial heterogeneity of the macroalgae present. The results showed a strong association between the spatial distribution of macroalgae in the intertidal zone and the power law model (R(2) = 0.98). There was a positive association between species occurrence frequency and the spatial heterogeneity index of macroalgae species. The model also indicated there was macroalgal habitat structure at the site as the spatial heterogeneity within the community was greater than that of random distribution. The power law model reported here provides a new method for macroalgae community ecology research and could be broadly utilized to analyze the spatial pattern of macroalgae in intertidal zones. |
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spelling | pubmed-96398432022-11-08 Determination of intertidal macroalgae community patterns using the power law model Li, Xunmeng Chen, Jianqu Li, Jun Wang, Kai Wang, Zhenhua Zhang, Shouyu PLoS One Research Article The spatial heterogeneity of macroalgae in intertidal zones affects the stability of marine ecosystem communities, contributes to the maintenance of coastal biodiversity, and has an essential role in ecosystem and habitat maintenance. We explored the feasibility of applying the power law model to analyze the spatial distribution of macroalgae on Lvhua Island (Zhejiang Province, China) and characterized the intertidal spatial heterogeneity of the macroalgae present. The results showed a strong association between the spatial distribution of macroalgae in the intertidal zone and the power law model (R(2) = 0.98). There was a positive association between species occurrence frequency and the spatial heterogeneity index of macroalgae species. The model also indicated there was macroalgal habitat structure at the site as the spatial heterogeneity within the community was greater than that of random distribution. The power law model reported here provides a new method for macroalgae community ecology research and could be broadly utilized to analyze the spatial pattern of macroalgae in intertidal zones. Public Library of Science 2022-11-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9639843/ /pubmed/36342951 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277281 Text en © 2022 Li et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Li, Xunmeng Chen, Jianqu Li, Jun Wang, Kai Wang, Zhenhua Zhang, Shouyu Determination of intertidal macroalgae community patterns using the power law model |
title | Determination of intertidal macroalgae community patterns using the power law model |
title_full | Determination of intertidal macroalgae community patterns using the power law model |
title_fullStr | Determination of intertidal macroalgae community patterns using the power law model |
title_full_unstemmed | Determination of intertidal macroalgae community patterns using the power law model |
title_short | Determination of intertidal macroalgae community patterns using the power law model |
title_sort | determination of intertidal macroalgae community patterns using the power law model |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9639843/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36342951 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277281 |
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