Scale-Dependent Variation in Local vs. Regional Effects on Coral Species Richness
1998; Wiley; Volume: 68; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/2657203
ISSN1557-7015
AutoresRonald H. Karlson, Howard V. Cornell,
Tópico(s)Ichthyology and Marine Biology
ResumoEcological MonographsVolume 68, Issue 2 p. 259-274 Article SCALE-DEPENDENT VARIATION IN LOCAL VS. REGIONAL EFFECTS ON CORAL SPECIES RICHNESS Ronald H. Karlson, Ronald H. Karlson Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716 USASearch for more papers by this authorHoward V. Cornell, Howard V. Cornell Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716 USASearch for more papers by this author Ronald H. Karlson, Ronald H. Karlson Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716 USASearch for more papers by this authorHoward V. Cornell, Howard V. Cornell Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716 USASearch for more papers by this author First published: 01 May 1998 https://doi.org/10.1890/0012-9615(1998)068[0259:SDVILV]2.0.CO;2Citations: 84Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Abstract Large-scale geographical and historical factors can strongly affect species richness within ecological communities (local richness), because most communities are at least partially open to immigration from regional species pools. To completely understand local richness patterns, it is important to distinguish local explanations, such as spatiotemporal heterogeneity, from larger scale explanations for regional enrichment, and to integrate these explanations with traditional niche-based notions (e.g., resource partitioning, limiting similarity, limited membership, etc.). Here we use regression models to evaluate the sensitivity of local richness in reef-building corals to two local and six regional variables at multiple geographical scales. The local variables are depth and habitat, and the regional variables are the number of species and genera in a region, average age of genera, distance to the equator, distance to the nearest high-diversity region, and a dummy variable contrasting the Indo-Pacific and Atlantic provinces. At the largest geographical scale (Indo-Pacific and Atlantic provinces combined), we find that local richness varies significantly with depth, habitat, and five regional variables. The relative sensitivity of local richness to local and regional variables (61 and 39%, respectively) is similar to that at two smaller geographical scales: (1) the Indo-Pacific and (2) the speciose central Indo-Pacific. However, when only depauperate regions of the Indo-Pacific are considered, regional variables contribute more strongly to local richness, explaining 95% of the variation in this attribute. The analysis indicates that Indo-Pacific coral assemblages in both speciose and depauperate regions are unsaturated, as local richness consistently increases with the size of the regional species pool. Comparable regional effects are totally absent in the Atlantic province, where local richness is sensitive only to depth and habitat. This result is consistent with the assessment that regional species distributions are relatively homogeneous within this province. We interpret this lack of regional heterogeneity as a historical consequence of climatic and geologic events, which isolated this province from the Indo-Pacific in the Pliocene and caused major extinctions among predominantly stenotopic species 1–4 × 106 yr BP. In general, our results indicate that geographical scale is an important factor to consider in comparative regional studies of ecological communities. 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