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The role of physical variables in biodiversity patterns of intertidal macroalgae along European coasts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 December 2016

Araceli Puente Open the ORCID record for Araceli Puente [Opens in a new window] ,
Xabier Guinda Open the ORCID record for Xabier Guinda [Opens in a new window] ,
Jose A. Juanes ,
Elvira Ramos ,
Beatriz Echavarri-Erasun ,
Camino F. De La Hoz ,
Steven Degraer ,
Francis Kerckhof ,
Natalia Bojanić  and
Maria Rousou
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Araceli Puente*
Affiliation:
Environmental Hydraulics Institute, Universidad de Cantabria, Avda. Isabel Torres, 15, Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Cantabria, 39011, Santander, Spain
Xabier Guinda
Affiliation:
Environmental Hydraulics Institute, Universidad de Cantabria, Avda. Isabel Torres, 15, Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Cantabria, 39011, Santander, Spain
Jose A. Juanes
Affiliation:
Environmental Hydraulics Institute, Universidad de Cantabria, Avda. Isabel Torres, 15, Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Cantabria, 39011, Santander, Spain
Elvira Ramos
Affiliation:
Environmental Hydraulics Institute, Universidad de Cantabria, Avda. Isabel Torres, 15, Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Cantabria, 39011, Santander, Spain
Beatriz Echavarri-Erasun
Affiliation:
Environmental Hydraulics Institute, Universidad de Cantabria, Avda. Isabel Torres, 15, Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Cantabria, 39011, Santander, Spain
Camino F. De La Hoz
Affiliation:
Environmental Hydraulics Institute, Universidad de Cantabria, Avda. Isabel Torres, 15, Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Cantabria, 39011, Santander, Spain
Steven Degraer
Affiliation:
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels and Ostende, Belgium
Francis Kerckhof
Affiliation:
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels and Ostende, Belgium
Natalia Bojanić
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Split, Croatia
Maria Rousou
Affiliation:
Marine & Environmental Research Lab Ltd, Nicosia, Cyprus
Helen Orav-Kotta
Affiliation:
Estonian Marine Institute, University of Tartu, Tallinn, Estonia
Jonne Kotta
Affiliation:
Estonian Marine Institute, University of Tartu, Tallinn, Estonia
Jérôme Jourde
Affiliation:
Observatoire de la biodiversité (OBIONE), UMR 7266 LIttoral ENvironnement et Sociétés, CNRS/University of La Rochelle, France
Maria Luiza Pedrotti
Affiliation:
Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, UMR 7093, LOV, Villefranche-sur-mer, France
Jean-Charles Leclerc
Affiliation:
Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 6, Station Biologique, Place Georges Teissier, Roscoff CNRS, UMR 7144, Station Biologique, Place Georges Teissier, Roscoff, France
Nathalie Simon
Affiliation:
Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 6, Station Biologique, Place Georges Teissier, Roscoff CNRS, UMR 7144, Station Biologique, Place Georges Teissier, Roscoff, France
Guy Bachelet
Affiliation:
Arcachon Marine Station, CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, EPOC, Arcachon, France
Nicolas Lavesque
Affiliation:
Arcachon Marine Station, CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, EPOC, Arcachon, France
Christos Arvanitidis
Affiliation:
Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Christina Pavloudi
Affiliation:
Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Sarah Faulwetter
Affiliation:
Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Tasman P. Crowe
Affiliation:
School of Biology and Environmental Science and Earth Institute, University College Dublin, Ireland
Jennifer Coughlan
Affiliation:
School of Biology and Environmental Science and Earth Institute, University College Dublin, Ireland
Lisandro Benedetti Cecchi
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, CoNISMa, Italy
Martina Dal Bello
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, CoNISMa, Italy Physics of Living Systems Group, Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Paolo Magni
Affiliation:
CNR, Institute for Coastal Marine Environment, Torregrande, Oristano, Italy
Serena Como
Affiliation:
CNR, Institute for Coastal Marine Environment, Torregrande, Oristano, Italy
Stefania Coppa
Affiliation:
CNR, Institute for Coastal Marine Environment, Torregrande, Oristano, Italy
Giuseppe Andrea De Lucia
Affiliation:
CNR, Institute for Coastal Marine Environment, Torregrande, Oristano, Italy
Tomas Rugins
Affiliation:
Marine Science and Technology Centre, Klaipeda University, Klaipeda, Lithuania
Emilia Jankowska
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Powstańców Warszawy 55, Sopot, Poland
Jan Marcin Weslawski
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Powstańców Warszawy 55, Sopot, Poland
Jan Warzocha
Affiliation:
National Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Gdynia, Poland
Teresa Silva
Affiliation:
Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), Laboratório de Ciências do Mar, Universidade de Évora, Sines, Portugal
Pedro Ribeiro
Affiliation:
Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Universidade dos Açores, Horta, Azores, Portugal Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, IMAR – Centre of the University of the Azores, 9901-862 Horta, Portugal
Valentina De Matos
Affiliation:
Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Universidade dos Açores, Horta, Azores, Portugal Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, IMAR – Centre of the University of the Azores, 9901-862 Horta, Portugal
Isabel Sousa-Pinto
Affiliation:
CIIMAR, Interdisciplinary Centre for Marine and Environmental Research and University of Porto, Matosinhos, Portugal
Jesús Troncoso
Affiliation:
ECIMAT, Station of Marine Sciences of Toralla, Department of Ecology and Animal Biology, University of Vigo, Spain
Ohad Peleg
Affiliation:
National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, Haifa, Israel
Gil Rilov
Affiliation:
National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, Haifa, Israel
Free Espinosa
Affiliation:
Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
Angel Pérez Ruzafa
Affiliation:
Department of Ecology and Hydrology, Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, Spain
Matt Frost
Affiliation:
Marine Biological Association, Plymouth, UK
Herman Hummel
Affiliation:
Monitor Taskforce, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, NIOZ, Yerseke, the Netherlands
Pim Van Avesaath
Affiliation:
Monitor Taskforce, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, NIOZ, Yerseke, the Netherlands
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Correspondence should be addressed to: A. Puente, Environmental Hydraulics Institute, Universidad de Cantabria, Avda. Isabel Torres, 15, Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Cantabria, 39011, Santander, España email: puentea@unican.es
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Abstract

In the frame of the COST ACTION ‘EMBOS’ (Development and implementation of a pan-European Marine Biodiversity Observatory System), coverage of intertidal macroalgae was estimated at a range of marine stations along the European coastline (Subarctic, Baltic, Atlantic, Mediterranean). Based on these data, we tested whether patterns in macroalgal diversity and distribution along European intertidal rocky shores could be explained by a set of meteo-oceanographic variables. The variables considered were salinity, sea surface temperature, photosynthetically active radiation, significant wave height and tidal range and were compiled from three different sources: remote sensing, reanalysis technique and in situ measurement. These variables were parameterized to represent average conditions (mean values), variability (standard deviation) and extreme events (minimum and maximum values). The results obtained in this study contribute to reinforce the EMBOS network approach and highlight the necessity of considering meteo-oceanographic variables in long-term assessments. The broad spatial distribution of pilot sites has allowed identification of latitudinal and longitudinal gradients manifested through species composition, diversity and dominance structure of intertidal macroalgae. These patterns follow a latitudinal gradient mainly explained by sea surface temperature, but also by photosynthetically active radiation, salinity and tidal range. Additionally, a longitudinal gradient was also detected and could be linked to wave height.

Keywords

Hard bottomspatial patternsintertidal macroalgaeEuropemeteo-oceanographic variables
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 97 , Special Issue 3: European Marine Biology Symposium , May 2017 , pp. 549 - 560
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2016 

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