Towards open, reliable, and transparent ecology and evolutionary biology

O’Dea, Rose E.; Parker, Timothy; Chee, Yung En; Culina, Antica; Drobniak, Szymon M.; Duncan, David H.; Fidler, Fiona; Gould, Elliot; Ihle, Malika; Kelly, Clint D.; Lagisz, Malgorzata; Roche, Dominique G.; Sánchez‐Tójar, Alfredo; Wilkinson, David P.; Wintle, Bonnie; Nakagawa, Shinichi

doi:10.1186/s12915-021-01006-3

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“…Limited availability of raw data is a frequent issue in meta-analytic studies, which can be prevented by data publication in repositories. In ecological literature, this is becoming a more adopted practice (Culina et al 2020;O'Dea et al 2021). In our analysis, study-specific response ratios did nonetheless indicate that carbon quota responded considerably stronger than nitrogen and phosphorus quota (Fig.…”

Section: Stoichiometric Responses To Elevated Pcosupporting

confidence: 47%

Differential effects of elevated pCO₂ and warming on marine phytoplankton stoichiometry

Velthuis

Keuskamp

Bakker

et al. 2022

Limnology & Oceanography

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Phytoplankton stand at the base of the marine food-web, and play a major role in global carbon cycling. Rising CO 2 levels and temperatures are expected to enhance growth and alter carbon:nutrient stoichiometry of marine phytoplankton, with possible consequences for the functioning of marine food-webs and the oceanic carbon pump. To date, however, the consistency of phytoplankton stoichiometric responses remains unclear. We therefore performed a meta-analysis on data from experimental studies on stoichiometric responses of marine phytoplankton to elevated pCO 2 and 3-5 warming under nutrient replete and limited conditions. Our results demonstrate that elevated pCO 2 increased overall phytoplankton C:N (by 4%) and C:P (by 9%) molar ratios under nutrient replete conditions, as well as phytoplankton growth rates (by 6%). Nutrient limitation amplified the CO 2 effect on C:N and C:P ratios, with increases to 27% and 17%, respectively. In contrast to elevated pCO 2 , warming did not consistently alter phytoplankton elemental composition. This could be attributed to species-and study-specific increases and decreases in stoichiometry in response to warming. While our observed moderate CO 2 -driven changes in stoichiometry are not likely to drive marked changes in food web functioning, they are in the same order of magnitude as current and projected estimations of oceanic carbon export. Therefore, our results may indicate a stoichiometric compensation mechanism for reduced oceanic carbon export due to declining primary production in the near future.

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Section: Stoichiometric Responses To Elevated Pcosupporting

confidence: 47%

Differential effects of elevated pCO₂ and warming on marine phytoplankton stoichiometry

Velthuis

Keuskamp

Bakker

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Limnology & Oceanography

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“…Scientists must remind themselves that the fundamental objective of research is to advance knowledge (O'Dea et al, 2021). A productive debate is one that produces testable hypotheses and trusted results through rigorous and transparent empirical evidence (Jamieson et al, 2019).…”

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“…When data are collected and shared transparently, this fosters trust (Jamieson et al, 2019) and helps science advance more rapidly and reliably by allowing independent research groups to more easily understand, validate and build on previous results (Moher et al, 2018;Nosek et al, 2015;Parker et al, 2016). For these reasons, many scientists (O'Dea et al, 2021), funding agencies (Schiermeier, 2018) and journal editors (Bakker and Traniello, 2020;Simmons, 2016) now strongly advocate measures that encourage and/or require greater transparency in published research. This includes publicly sharing data underlying published results (i.e.…”

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Paths towards greater consensus building in experimental biology

Roche

Raby

Norin

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Journal of Experimental Biology

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In a recent editorial, the Editors-in-Chief of Journal of Experimental Biology argued that consensus building, data sharing, and better integration across disciplines are needed to address the urgent scientific challenges posed by climate change. We agree and expand on the importance of cross-disciplinary integration and transparency to improve consensus building and advance climate change research in experimental biology. We investigated reproducible research practices in experimental biology through a review of open data and analysis code associated with empirical studies on three debated paradigms and for unrelated studies published in leading journals in comparative physiology and behavioural ecology over the last 10 years. Nineteen per cent of studies on the three paradigms had open data, and 3.2% had open code. Similarly, 12.1% of studies in the journals we examined had open data, and 3.1% had open code. Previous research indicates that only 50% of shared datasets are complete and re-usable, suggesting that fewer than 10% of studies in experimental biology have usable open data. Encouragingly, our results indicate that reproducible research practices are increasing over time, with data sharing rates in some journals reaching 75% in recent years. Rigorous empirical research in experimental biology is key to understanding the mechanisms by which climate change affects organisms, and ultimately promotes evidence-based conservation policy and practice. We argue that a greater adoption of open science practices, with a particular focus on FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Re-usable) data and code, represents a much-needed paradigm shift towards improved transparency, cross-disciplinary integration, and consensus building to maximize the contributions of experimental biologists in addressing the impacts of environmental change on living organisms.

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“…Animal Behavior and Cognition specifically states that empirical replication studies will be published, and authors are encouraged to use the Pre-registered Replication Articles format the journal offers (Beran, 2020). Researchers in the field seem to recognize the need for replication studies (Farrar et al, 2021b;Fraser et al, 2020), and multiple publications discuss recommendations for increasing replicability of specific fields (Farrar et al, 2020, for comparative cognition;O'Dea et al, 2021, for ecology and evolutionary biology).…”

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The Status and Value of Replications in Animal Behavior Science

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Legg²,

Nawroth³

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Replications are widely considered an essential tool to evaluate scientific claims. However, many fields have recently reported that replication rates are low and - when they are conducted - many findings do not successfully replicate. These circumstances have led to widespread debates about the value of replications for research quality, credibility of research findings, and factors contributing to current problems with replicability. This special issue brings together researchers from various areas within the field of animal behavior to offer their perspective on the status and value of replications in animal behavior science.

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Towards open, reliable, and transparent ecology and evolutionary biology

Cited by 49 publications

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Differential effects of elevated pCO₂ and warming on marine phytoplankton stoichiometry

Differential effects of elevated pCO₂ and warming on marine phytoplankton stoichiometry

Paths towards greater consensus building in experimental biology

The Status and Value of Replications in Animal Behavior Science

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Towards open, reliable, and transparent ecology and evolutionary biology

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Differential effects of elevated pCO2 and warming on marine phytoplankton stoichiometry

Differential effects of elevated pCO2 and warming on marine phytoplankton stoichiometry

Paths towards greater consensus building in experimental biology

The Status and Value of Replications in Animal Behavior Science

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Differential effects of elevated pCO₂ and warming on marine phytoplankton stoichiometry

Differential effects of elevated pCO₂ and warming on marine phytoplankton stoichiometry