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MEPS 658:195-217 (2021)  -  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13571

Scale sensitivity of environmental effects on the temporal beta diversity of fishes in tropical coastal lagoons

Ellen Martins Camara1, Magda Fernandes de Andrade-Tubino1, Taynara Pontes Franco1, Luciano Neves dos Santos2, Alejandra Filippo Gonzalez Neves dos Santos3, Francisco Gerson Araújo1,*

1Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Laboratório de Ecologia de Peixes, 23897-030, Seropédica, RJ, Brazil
2Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Laboratório de Ictiologia Teórica e Aplicada, 22290-240, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
3Universidade Federal Fluminense, Departamento de Zootecnia e Desenvolvimento Socioambiental Sustentável, 24230-340, Niteroi, BR, Brazil
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ABSTRACT: Disentangling multilevel sources of variation is critical for understanding of diversity patterns in high-variability environments. We investigated the scale sensitivity of short-term environmental effects on the temporal beta diversity of fishes in 3 tropical coastal lagoons in Southeastern Brazil. Environmental effects were investigated at 3 hierarchical levels (local, zone, and lagoon). An AICc-based model selection was applied to generalized linear mixed models relating abundance-based beta diversity (Bray-Curtis dissimilarity; βBC) to environmental distances and random effects for other sources of variability. Abundance gradients (βBC-GRA) contributed more for βBC at all hierarchical levels, most likely due to random changes in the abundances of numerous rare marine-origin species. The temporal and spatial marine influences favored the balanced variation in the abundance of different species (βBC-BAL), probably by allowing for marine species with different environmental tolerances and requirements. The freshwater vs. marine influences were primarily represented by short-term effects of salinity changes at the local and zone levels and tide height and accumulated rainfall at the lagoon level. Other environmental effects (e.g. pH and transparency) were representative of that balance depending on the βBC component and hierarchical level. Random effects for morphometric features (local level, width of the connections between zones; lagoon level, distance from the ocean) and climate-related factors (local and zone levels, wind intensity and accumulated rainfall; lagoon level, changing seasons) were also relevant for the relationships between environmental variability and βBC. This study evidenced major scale-related mechanisms driving the temporal beta diversity of fishes in tropical coastal lagoons.


KEY WORDS: Scale dependence · Short-term environmental variability · Fish assemblage structure · Multiscale sources of variation · Abundance-based dissimilarity


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Cite this article as: Camara EM, Andrade-Tubino MF, Franco TP, Santos LN, Santos AFGN, Araújo FG (2021) Scale sensitivity of environmental effects on the temporal beta diversity of fishes in tropical coastal lagoons. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 658:195-217. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13571

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