Do structural and functional attributes show concordant responses to disturbance? Evidence from rocky shore macroinvertebrate communities

Vinagre, Pedro Almeida; Veríssimo, Helena; Pais-Costa, Antónia Juliana; Hawkins, Stephen J.; Borja, Ángel; Marques, João Carlos; Neto, João M.

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.12.023

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“…Also, in other studies more consistent patterns were found in a particular season. Vinagre et al (2017) concluded that summer could be the best season (compared to winter) to perform monitoring programmes. BTA allowed the recognition of spatial changes in functioning on rocky shore macroinvertebrate communities within disturbance gradients; therefore, the first prediction was supported.…”

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“…In aquatic environments, the largest amount of studies related to functional diversity has been developed in riparian macroinvertebrates (Heino 2005(Heino , 2008Heino et al 2007), as well as in coastal rocky substrate areas (Crowe and Russell 2009;Pacheco et al 2011) and estuaries (Villéger et al 2008(Villéger et al , 2010McLenaghan et al 2011). In particular, in marine benthic environment, studies with functional approach have been proved useful to: (1) assess fishing effects on benthic fauna (e.g., Bremner et al 2003;Tillin et al 2006), (2) assess sewage discharges effects on macrobenthic assemblages (Gusmao et al 2016;Vinagre et al 2017), (3) investigate the effects of climate change (e.g., Neumann and Kröncke, 2010), (4) use for management and conservation purposes (e.g., Bremner 2008;Frid et al 2008;Veríssimo et al 2012), and (5) assess functional diversity in different species assemblages (e.g., Bremner et al 2003;Hewitt et al 2008;Van der Linden et al 2016).…”

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Assessing functional diversity of macrobenthic assemblages in sewage-affected intertidal shores

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Functional diversity is the component of diversity that influences ecosystem dynamics, stability, productivity, nutrient balance, and other aspects of ecosystem functioning. We evaluate the spatio-temporal variability of the functional traits (biological traits analysis), functional diversity indices (functional richness, functional evenness, functional divergence and functional dispersion) and AZTI marine biotic index in response to the distinct levels of sewage contamination at different sites on intertidal abrasion platforms. Variations in macrobenthic functional structure between reference and impacted sites were evident in the study area. The functional richness showed a pattern with higher values in the reference sites; Functional evenness showed a similar pattern, but only during spring. Functional divergence presented lower values in the impacted sites during autumn and spring. The functional diversity indices (functional richness and functional evenness) and the AZTI marine biotic index presented a negative relationship, indicating that functional diversity is related to benthic environmental health. Thus, biological traits analysis and functional diversity indices, especially FRic that reveals differences in macrobenthic functional structure between impacted and reference sites during all seasons, represent an informative and useful tool to describe the different aspects of sewage impacts in benthic assemblages on rocky shores. These analyses have a high potential for future monitoring programmes.

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Assessing functional diversity of macrobenthic assemblages in sewage-affected intertidal shores

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“…These were those that performed best along the disturbance gradients at both shores, especially during summer. Summer data (collected during August and September 2011) was used as it was previously found as the better season (comparing to winter) for monitoring activities on rocky shores (Vinagre et al, 2016b(Vinagre et al, , 2017. The indices were calculated using macroinvertebrates' density (ind m -2 ) and biomass (g AFDW m -2 ) data, estimated from samples collected at three sites distancing gradually along the disturbance gradient (site 1 closest to the disturbance, site 3 farthest from the disturbance) (Figs.…”

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Addressing a gap in the Water Framework Directive implementation: Rocky shores assessment based on benthic macroinvertebrates

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“…Ecosystem functioning is associated with the biodiversity of soft-bottom habitats (Snelgrove et al, 2014;Strong et al, 2015), which can be studied according to the diversity of species and variations in their functional biological traits (Menezes, Baird & Soares, 2010). Analyzing biological traits may prove helpful in detecting ecosystem patterns and functioning and anthropogenic disturbances (Bremner, 2008;Suding et al, 2008;Vinagre et al, 2017) as well as the response of an assemblage to environmental conditions (Menezes, Baird & Soares, 2010;Paganelli, Marchini & Occhipinti-Ambrogi, 2012;Van der Linden et al, 2012).…”

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Testing marine regional-scale hypotheses along the Yucatan continental shelf using soft-bottom macrofauna

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Different hypotheses related to the regional-scale configuration of the Yucatan Continental Shelf (YCS) between the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) and the Caribbean Sea have been proposed. Hypotheses regarding its regional boundaries include: (i) an ecoregional boundary at Catoche Cape, dividing the Western Caribbean and the Southern GoM ecoregions; and (ii) a boundary within the Southern GoM ecoregion at 89°W, separating the West and Mid-Yucatan areas. We tested the hypothesis of no variation in benthic macrofaunal assemblages between regions delimited by the former boundaries using the species and functional traits of soft-bottom macrofauna. We considered that the depth and temporal environmental dynamics might interact with regional variations, generating complex benthic community patterns. The data were collected over five years (2010–2012, 2015–2016) at 86 stations (N = 1, 017 samples, 10–270 m depth), comprising 1,327 species with 45 combinations of functional traits. The variation in species composition and functional trait assemblages were both consistent with the occurrence of three separate regions in the Yucatan Peninsula (West Yucatan, Mid-Yucatan and Western Caribbean). This regional configuration was consistent with changes in assemblage structure and depth zonation as well as temporal variation. Along with spatial and temporal variation, diversity diminished with depth and different regions exhibited contrasting patterns in this regard. Our results suggest that the spatial and temporal variation of soft-bottom macrofauna at YCS demonstrate the complex organization of a carbonate shelf encompassing different regions, which may represent transitional regions between the Caribbean and the GoM.

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Do structural and functional attributes show concordant responses to disturbance? Evidence from rocky shore macroinvertebrate communities

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Assessing functional diversity of macrobenthic assemblages in sewage-affected intertidal shores

Assessing functional diversity of macrobenthic assemblages in sewage-affected intertidal shores

Addressing a gap in the Water Framework Directive implementation: Rocky shores assessment based on benthic macroinvertebrates

Testing marine regional-scale hypotheses along the Yucatan continental shelf using soft-bottom macrofauna

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