Erik E. Cordes, Ryan Gasbarro, Andrea M. Quattrini, April Stabbins, Samuel E. Georgian, Robert S. Carney, Charles R. Fisher
{"title":"化学合成和珊瑚群落是否违背深海生态范式?","authors":"Erik E. Cordes, Ryan Gasbarro, Andrea M. Quattrini, April Stabbins, Samuel E. Georgian, Robert S. Carney, Charles R. Fisher","doi":"10.1111/geb.70039","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div>\n \n \n <section>\n \n <h3> Aim</h3>\n \n <p>Broad biodiversity patterns (e.g., the latitudinal diversity gradient) are cornerstones of ecology that are fundamental in understanding the distribution of life on the planet. In the deep sea, declining faunal abundance/biomass with depth and a mid-continental slope diversity maximum are among the most well-defined patterns. However, they have largely been tested with samples of sediment faunal communities. Here, we synthesise new biomass, density, and diversity data with existing data from chemosynthetic and cold-water coral (CWC) communities spanning > 3000 m depth to test the validity of these paradigmatic hypotheses in deep-sea communities associated with hard substrata.</p>\n </section>\n \n <section>\n \n <h3> Location</h3>\n \n <p>Continental slope of the northern Gulf of Mexico (~200–4000 m depth).</p>\n </section>\n \n <section>\n \n <h3> Time Period</h3>\n \n <p>Present day.</p>\n </section>\n \n <section>\n \n <h3> Major Taxa Studied</h3>\n \n <p>Deep-sea macrofaunal communities associated with soft-sediment and hardgrounds (e.g., CWCs and cold seeps).</p>\n </section>\n \n <section>\n \n <h3> Methods</h3>\n \n <p>Relationships between macrofaunal abundance and biodiversity versus depth were tested with Generalised Additive Models. Habitat suitability model outputs were used to assess changes in CWC habitat over depth. Beta diversity partitioning was used to quantify richness and replacement components of community turnover with depth.</p>\n </section>\n \n <section>\n \n <h3> Results</h3>\n \n <p>We did not find support for these paradigmatic patterns in either chemosynthetic or CWC communities; instead, we found idiosyncratic biodiversity patterns with high abundance and diversity maintained across depths.</p>\n </section>\n \n <section>\n \n <h3> Main Conclusions</h3>\n \n <p>Our results suggest that seascape-scale biodiversity patterns of the seafloor should be reappraised with due consideration for geological and biogenic habitat heterogeneity. We discuss the roles of localised energy sources, nutrient recycling/retention, and species adaptations as potential drivers of the high biodiversity and steady or increasing abundance at depths with relatively little sinking detrital carbon. Our results have major implications for the management of regional and global marine biodiversity, with the increasing evidence that chemosynthetic, cold-water coral, and other hard-substratum ecosystems are widespread throughout the global ocean and increasingly threatened by anthropogenic and climate stressors.</p>\n </section>\n </div>","PeriodicalId":176,"journal":{"name":"Global Ecology and Biogeography","volume":"34 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.3000,"publicationDate":"2025-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"Do Chemosynthetic and Coral Communities Defy Deep-Sea Ecological Paradigms?\",\"authors\":\"Erik E. Cordes, Ryan Gasbarro, Andrea M. Quattrini, April Stabbins, Samuel E. Georgian, Robert S. Carney, Charles R. Fisher\",\"doi\":\"10.1111/geb.70039\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"<div>\\n \\n \\n <section>\\n \\n <h3> Aim</h3>\\n \\n <p>Broad biodiversity patterns (e.g., the latitudinal diversity gradient) are cornerstones of ecology that are fundamental in understanding the distribution of life on the planet. In the deep sea, declining faunal abundance/biomass with depth and a mid-continental slope diversity maximum are among the most well-defined patterns. However, they have largely been tested with samples of sediment faunal communities. Here, we synthesise new biomass, density, and diversity data with existing data from chemosynthetic and cold-water coral (CWC) communities spanning > 3000 m depth to test the validity of these paradigmatic hypotheses in deep-sea communities associated with hard substrata.</p>\\n </section>\\n \\n <section>\\n \\n <h3> Location</h3>\\n \\n <p>Continental slope of the northern Gulf of Mexico (~200–4000 m depth).</p>\\n </section>\\n \\n <section>\\n \\n <h3> Time Period</h3>\\n \\n <p>Present day.</p>\\n </section>\\n \\n <section>\\n \\n <h3> Major Taxa Studied</h3>\\n \\n <p>Deep-sea macrofaunal communities associated with soft-sediment and hardgrounds (e.g., CWCs and cold seeps).</p>\\n </section>\\n \\n <section>\\n \\n <h3> Methods</h3>\\n \\n <p>Relationships between macrofaunal abundance and biodiversity versus depth were tested with Generalised Additive Models. Habitat suitability model outputs were used to assess changes in CWC habitat over depth. Beta diversity partitioning was used to quantify richness and replacement components of community turnover with depth.</p>\\n </section>\\n \\n <section>\\n \\n <h3> Results</h3>\\n \\n <p>We did not find support for these paradigmatic patterns in either chemosynthetic or CWC communities; instead, we found idiosyncratic biodiversity patterns with high abundance and diversity maintained across depths.</p>\\n </section>\\n \\n <section>\\n \\n <h3> Main Conclusions</h3>\\n \\n <p>Our results suggest that seascape-scale biodiversity patterns of the seafloor should be reappraised with due consideration for geological and biogenic habitat heterogeneity. We discuss the roles of localised energy sources, nutrient recycling/retention, and species adaptations as potential drivers of the high biodiversity and steady or increasing abundance at depths with relatively little sinking detrital carbon. Our results have major implications for the management of regional and global marine biodiversity, with the increasing evidence that chemosynthetic, cold-water coral, and other hard-substratum ecosystems are widespread throughout the global ocean and increasingly threatened by anthropogenic and climate stressors.</p>\\n </section>\\n </div>\",\"PeriodicalId\":176,\"journal\":{\"name\":\"Global Ecology and Biogeography\",\"volume\":\"34 4\",\"pages\":\"\"},\"PeriodicalIF\":6.3000,\"publicationDate\":\"2025-04-14\",\"publicationTypes\":\"Journal Article\",\"fieldsOfStudy\":null,\"isOpenAccess\":false,\"openAccessPdf\":\"\",\"citationCount\":\"0\",\"resultStr\":null,\"platform\":\"Semanticscholar\",\"paperid\":null,\"PeriodicalName\":\"Global Ecology and Biogeography\",\"FirstCategoryId\":\"93\",\"ListUrlMain\":\"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/geb.70039\",\"RegionNum\":1,\"RegionCategory\":\"环境科学与生态学\",\"ArticlePicture\":[],\"TitleCN\":null,\"AbstractTextCN\":null,\"PMCID\":null,\"EPubDate\":\"\",\"PubModel\":\"\",\"JCR\":\"Q1\",\"JCRName\":\"ECOLOGY\",\"Score\":null,\"Total\":0}","platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Global Ecology and Biogeography","FirstCategoryId":"93","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/geb.70039","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"ECOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
Do Chemosynthetic and Coral Communities Defy Deep-Sea Ecological Paradigms?
Aim
Broad biodiversity patterns (e.g., the latitudinal diversity gradient) are cornerstones of ecology that are fundamental in understanding the distribution of life on the planet. In the deep sea, declining faunal abundance/biomass with depth and a mid-continental slope diversity maximum are among the most well-defined patterns. However, they have largely been tested with samples of sediment faunal communities. Here, we synthesise new biomass, density, and diversity data with existing data from chemosynthetic and cold-water coral (CWC) communities spanning > 3000 m depth to test the validity of these paradigmatic hypotheses in deep-sea communities associated with hard substrata.
Location
Continental slope of the northern Gulf of Mexico (~200–4000 m depth).
Time Period
Present day.
Major Taxa Studied
Deep-sea macrofaunal communities associated with soft-sediment and hardgrounds (e.g., CWCs and cold seeps).
Methods
Relationships between macrofaunal abundance and biodiversity versus depth were tested with Generalised Additive Models. Habitat suitability model outputs were used to assess changes in CWC habitat over depth. Beta diversity partitioning was used to quantify richness and replacement components of community turnover with depth.
Results
We did not find support for these paradigmatic patterns in either chemosynthetic or CWC communities; instead, we found idiosyncratic biodiversity patterns with high abundance and diversity maintained across depths.
Main Conclusions
Our results suggest that seascape-scale biodiversity patterns of the seafloor should be reappraised with due consideration for geological and biogenic habitat heterogeneity. We discuss the roles of localised energy sources, nutrient recycling/retention, and species adaptations as potential drivers of the high biodiversity and steady or increasing abundance at depths with relatively little sinking detrital carbon. Our results have major implications for the management of regional and global marine biodiversity, with the increasing evidence that chemosynthetic, cold-water coral, and other hard-substratum ecosystems are widespread throughout the global ocean and increasingly threatened by anthropogenic and climate stressors.
期刊介绍:
Global Ecology and Biogeography (GEB) welcomes papers that investigate broad-scale (in space, time and/or taxonomy), general patterns in the organization of ecological systems and assemblages, and the processes that underlie them. In particular, GEB welcomes studies that use macroecological methods, comparative analyses, meta-analyses, reviews, spatial analyses and modelling to arrive at general, conceptual conclusions. Studies in GEB need not be global in spatial extent, but the conclusions and implications of the study must be relevant to ecologists and biogeographers globally, rather than being limited to local areas, or specific taxa. Similarly, GEB is not limited to spatial studies; we are equally interested in the general patterns of nature through time, among taxa (e.g., body sizes, dispersal abilities), through the course of evolution, etc. Further, GEB welcomes papers that investigate general impacts of human activities on ecological systems in accordance with the above criteria.