Dataset:
Algal traits with abundances
Algal traits with abundances
dc.coverage.spatial | Nielsen Park, Sydney, Australia | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-26T09:19:29Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-11-26T09:19:29Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Morphological traits for each thallus with associated epifaunal abundances. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/resource/collection/resdatac_1003/1 | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | EN | en_US |
dc.rights | CC-BY | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Morphological traits | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Abundance | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Epifauna | en_US |
dc.title | Algal traits with abundances | en_US |
dc.type | Dataset | en_US |
dcterms.accessRights | open access | |
dcterms.rightsHolder | Copyright 2020, University of New South Wales | en_US |
dspace.entity.type | Dataset | en_US |
unsw.accessRights.uri | https://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 | |
unsw.contributor.leadChiefInvestigator | Stelling-Wood, Talia | en_US |
unsw.contributor.researchDataCreator | Poore, Alistair | en_US |
unsw.contributor.researchDataCreator | Gribben, Paul | en_US |
unsw.coverage.temporalFrom | 2016-09-05 | en_US |
unsw.coverage.temporalTo | 2017-03-31 | en_US |
unsw.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.26190/5e1ce7350483e | en_US |
unsw.relation.OriginalPublicationAffiliation | Stelling-Wood, Talia, Biotech & Biomolecular Science, Faculty of Science, | en_US |
unsw.relation.OriginalPublicationAffiliation | Poore, Alistair, Biological| Earth & Env Sci, Faculty of Science, | en_US |
unsw.relation.OriginalPublicationAffiliation | Gribben, Paul, Biological| Earth & Env Sci, Faculty of Science, | en_US |
unsw.relation.faculty | Science | |
unsw.relation.projectDesc | An important goal of ecology is to understand how the functional traits of organisms affect the identity, abundance and diversity of co-occurring species. To date, trait-based ecology has primarily been concerned with interspecific variability, using mean trait values to describe species. The role of intra-specific variation is less well understood despite many ecosystems, such as temperate reefs, being dominated by few species of habitat-forming macroalgae that can display very high levels of intra-specific variation in morphology. In these ecosystems, intra- not interspecific variation may have stronger effects on biodiversity. To test the relative importance of among and within-species variation in morphology on ecosystem functioning, we quantified morphological traits for six co-occurring habitat-forming algal species across nine months and tested the efficacy of these traits in predicting associated community structure. Algal morphology was highly variable both among species groups and among individuals within species groups. Habitat quantity traits (biomass and height) were found to be influential predictors of total epifauna abundance, whilst habitat complexity traits (mean and variance in frond surface area) were influential in predicting overall community diversity metrics. These results suggest that habitat structure does play a role in determining community structure, and highlight the need to consider intraspecific as well as interspecific variation in habitat-fauna relationships. | en_US |
unsw.relation.projectEndDate | 2020-06-30 | en_US |
unsw.relation.projectStartDate | 2017-06-01 | en_US |
unsw.relation.projectTitle | Morphological variability in macroalgae | en_US |
unsw.relation.school | School of Biotechnology & Biomolecular Sciences | |
unsw.relation.school | School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences | |
unsw.relation.school | School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences |