The use of species traits in invasive seaweed research: a systematic review

IF 3.8 2区 环境科学与生态学 Q1 BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
Neobiota Pub Date : 2023-07-10 DOI:10.3897/neobiota.86.97392
A. Mabey, M. Rius, D. Smale, J. Catford
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Species traits have been used extensively in invasion science, providing common metrics across taxa and ecosystems that enable comparisons based on the functional responses and effects of biota. However, most work on traits in invasion science has focused on terrestrial plants, despite the vulnerability of aquatic ecosystems to invasive species, such as invasive seaweeds. Research that focuses on individual species of invasive seaweeds has intensified in recent years, yet few studies have synthesised the information learned on species traits to identify commonalities or knowledge gaps in invasion science. Through a systematic review of 322 papers that investigate the traits of seaweed species from across the globe, here we ask – what are the trends and gaps in research that investigates traits of invasive seaweeds? To address this question, we aimed to: (1) identify publication rates and characteristics of the studies examining traits of invasive seaweeds; (2) clarify which and how many species have been investigated; and (3) assess which traits have been measured and how those traits have been used. Our review revealed that study regions for research on invasive seaweed traits were concentrated in Europe and North America. In addition, we found a total of 158 species that have been investigated, with a large proportion of studies (35%) focusing on just two species, Sargassum muticum and Undaria pinnatifida. Our study revealed that the most researched traits were morphological, which were used to address a wide range of research questions. Key research gaps included relatively few studies from Africa, Asia and South America, a lack of papers researching more than one species and a lack of measurements of biomechanical traits. Altogether, this review provides a thorough overview of research progress on species traits of invasive seaweeds and highlights the existing knowledge gaps that may lead to new ways in which the traits of invasive seaweeds can be used to answer important ecological questions.
物种特征在入侵海藻研究中的应用:系统综述
物种特征在入侵科学中得到了广泛的应用,为分类群和生态系统提供了通用的指标,可以根据生物群的功能反应和影响进行比较。然而,入侵科学中大多数关于特征的研究都集中在陆地植物上,尽管水生生态系统对入侵物种(如入侵海藻)很脆弱。近年来,专注于入侵海藻个体物种的研究有所加强,但很少有研究综合了解到的物种特征信息,以确定入侵科学中的共性或知识差距。通过对全球322篇调查海藻物种特征的论文的系统综述,我们想问——在调查入侵海藻特征的研究中,趋势和差距是什么?为了解决这个问题,我们的目标是:(1)确定入侵海藻特征研究的发表率和特征;(2) 澄清调查了哪些物种以及调查了多少物种;以及(3)评估哪些特征已经被测量以及这些特征是如何被使用的。我们的综述显示,研究入侵海藻特征的研究区域集中在欧洲和北美。此外,我们发现共有158个物种被调查,其中很大一部分(35%)的研究仅集中在两个物种上,马尾藻和裙带菜。我们的研究表明,研究最多的性状是形态学,用于解决广泛的研究问题。主要的研究差距包括来自非洲、亚洲和南美洲的研究相对较少,缺乏研究一个以上物种的论文,以及缺乏生物力学特征的测量。总之,这篇综述全面概述了入侵海藻物种特征的研究进展,并强调了现有的知识差距,这些知识差距可能会导致利用入侵海藻的特征来回答重要生态问题的新方法。
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Neobiota
Neobiota Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
CiteScore
8.10
自引率
7.80%
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审稿时长
6 weeks
期刊介绍: NeoBiota is a peer-reviewed, open-access, rapid online journal launched to accelerate research on alien species and biological invasions: aquatic and terrestrial, animals, plants, fungi and micro-organisms. The journal NeoBiota is a continuation of the former NEOBIOTA publication series; for volumes 1-8 see http://www.oekosys.tu-berlin.de/menue/neobiota All articles are published immediately upon editorial approval. All published papers can be freely copied, downloaded, printed and distributed at no charge for the reader. Authors are thus encouraged to post the pdf files of published papers on their homepages or elsewhere to expedite distribution. There is no charge for color.
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