Large-scale diversity and biogeography of benthic copepods in European waters


Contact
gveit-koehler [ at ] senckenberg.de

Abstract

A large-scale database concerning benthic copepods from the Arctic, Baltic Sea, North Sea, British Isles, Adriatic Sea and Crete was compiled to assess species richness, biodiversity, communities, ecological rangesize and biogeographical patterns. The Adriatic showed the highest evenness and the most species-rich communities. Assemblages from the North Sea, British Isles, Baltic and Crete had a lower evenness. The British Isles were characterised by impoverished communities. The ecological specificity of copepod species showed two diverging trends: higher specificity of species in more diverse assemblages was observed in the Adriatic, North Sea and Baltic. A uniformly high species specificity disregarding sample diversity was found on Crete and in the British Isles. Benthic copepod communities showed distinct patterns that clearly fit the predefined geographical regions. Communities were distinguishable and b-diversity was found to be high around Europe, indicating a high species turnover on the scale of this investigation. The British Isles and the North Sea were found to be faunistic links to the Baltic and the Arctic.



Item Type
Article
Authors
Divisions
Programs
Publication Status
Published
Eprint ID
22247
DOI 10.1007/s00227-010-1454-0

Cite as
Veit-Köhler, G. , de Troch, M. , Grego, M. , Bonne, W. , De Smet, G. , Folkers, C. , George, K. H. , Guotong, C. , Herman, R. , Huys, R. , Lampadariou, N. , Laudien, J. , Martínez Arbizu, P. , Rose, A. , Schratzberger, M. , Seifried, S. , Somerfield, P. , Vanaverbeke, J. , Vanden Berghe, E. , Vincx, M. , Vriser, B. and Vandepitte, L. (2010): Large-scale diversity and biogeography of benthic copepods in European waters , Marine Biology . doi: 10.1007/s00227-010-1454-0


Download
[thumbnail of Fulltext]
Preview
PDF (Fulltext)
Vei2010a.pdf

Download (704kB) | Preview
Cite this document as:

Share
Add to AnyAdd to TwitterAdd to FacebookAdd to LinkedinAdd to PinterestAdd to Email


Citation

Research Platforms
N/A

Campaigns
N/A


Actions
Edit Item Edit Item