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Range map data of marine ecosystem structuring species under global climate change
Gouvêa, Lidiane; Fragkopoulou, Eliza; Legrand, Térence; Serrao, Ester; Assis, JorgeData on contemporary and future geographical distributions of marine species are crucial for guiding conservation and management policies in face of climate change. However, available distributional patterns have overlooked key ecosystem structuring species, despite their numerous ecological and socioeconomic services. Future range estimates are mostly available for few species at regional scales, and often rel...
A novel sexual system in male gametophytes of Laminaria pallida (Phaeophyceae)
Liboureau, Pierre; Pearson, Gareth; Serrao, Ester; Kreiner, Anja; Martins, NeusaBrown algae (Phaeophyceae) exhibit a wide diversity of sexual systems, reproductive modes and life histories. The evolution of this diversity has often involved transitions between sexual systems, which may influence genetic diversity and diversification, and phenotypic evolution. This study reports a novel sexual system in kelp. We identified male gametophyte strains of Laminaria pallida that, despite presenti...
eDNA metabarcoding reveals a rich but threatened and declining elasmobranch com...
de la Hoz Schilling, Carolina; Jabado, Rima W.; Veríssimo, Ana; Caminiti, Luca; Sidina, Ebaye; Gandega, Cheikhna Yero; Serrao, EsterElasmobranchs (sharks and rays) are the most threatened marine vertebrates, particularly in tropical and subtropical areas. Their population status is often poorly understood due to insufficient information. Despite reportedly harbouring critical elasmobranch habitats, the Banc d'Arguin National Park (PNBA) in Mauritania lacks comprehensive and updated information on the diversity of elasmobranch species in the...
Bio‐ORACLE v3.0. pushing marine data layers to the CMIP6 earth system models of...
Assis, Jorge; Fernández Bejarano, Salvador Jesús; Salazar, Vinícius W.; Schepers, Lennert; Gouvêa, Lidiane; Fragkopoulou, Eliza; Leclercq, FredericMotivation: Impacts of climate change on marine biodiversity are often projected with species distribution modelling using standardized data layers representing physical, chemical and biological conditions of the global ocean. Yet, the available data layers (1) have not been updated to incorporate data of the Sixth Phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6), which comprise the Shared Socioeconom...
Kelp forest diversity under projected end‐of‐century climate change
Assis, Jorge; Fragkopoulou, Eliza; Gouvêa, Lidiane; Araújo, Miguel B.; Serrao, EsterAim: Future climate change threatens marine forests across the world, potentially disrupting ecosystem function and services. Nonetheless, the direction and intensity of climate-induced changes in kelp forest biodiversity remain unknown, precluding well-informed conservation and management practices. Location: Global. Methods: We use machine-learning models to forecast global changes in species richness and com...
Trans-Arctic asymmetries, melting pots and weak species cohesion in the low-dis...
Neiva, J.; Assis, Jorge; Fragkopoulou, Eliza; Pearson, Gareth; Raimondi, Peter T.; Anderson, Laura; Krause-Jensen, Dorte; Marbà, Núria; Want, AndrewAmphiboreal taxa are often composed of vicariant phylogroups and species complexes whose divergence and phylogeographic affinities reflect a shared history of chronic isolation and episodic trans-Arctic dispersal. Ecological filters and shifting selective pressures may also promote selective sweeps, niche shifts and ecological speciation during colonization, but these are seldom considered at biogeographical sc...
Environmental DNA reveals temporal variation in mesophotic reefs of the Humbold...
Saenz‐Agudelo, Pablo; Ramirez, Paula; Beldade, Ricardo; Campoy, Ana N.; Garmendia, Vladimir; Search, Francesca V.; Fernández, Miriam; Wieters, Evie A.Temperate mesophotic reef ecosystems (TMREs) are among the least known marine habitats. Information on their diversity and ecology is geographically and temporally scarce, especially in highly productive large upwelling ecosystems. Lack of information remains an obstacle to understanding the importance of TMREs as habitats, biodiversity reservoirs and their connections with better-studied shallow reefs. Here, w...
Lipkea ruspoliana Vogt, 1886 (Cnidaria: Staurozoa) in Portugal: the contributio...
Miranda, Lucília S.; Tavares, Sílvia; dos Santos, Antonina; Gonçalves, Emanuel J.; Serrao, Ester; Coelho, MárcioCitizen science online platforms are increasingly making important sources of biological information available at the click of a button, allowing the interaction of volunteers and scientists to report and identify the world's diversity. In this work, we combined the data available in citizen science platforms (iNaturalist and GelAvista) and the effort and collaboration of a diverse team of scuba-divers, scienti...
Oceanographic connectivity explains the intra-specific diversity of mangrove fo...
Gouvêa, Lidiane; Fragkopoulou, Eliza; Cavanaugh, Kyle; Serrao, Ester; Araújo, Miguel B.; Costello, Mark John; Westergerling, E. H. Taraneh; Assis, JorgeThe distribution of mangrove intra-specific biodiversity can be structured by historical demographic processes that enhance or limit effective population sizes. Oceanographic connectivity (OC) may further structure intra-specific biodiversity by preserving or diluting the genetic signatures of historical changes. Despite its relevance for biogeography and evolution, the role of oceanographic connectivity in str...
A dataset of cold-water coral distribution records
Balogh, Viktória; Fragkopoulou, Eliza; Serrao, Ester; Assis, JorgeSpecies distribution data are key for monitoring present and future biodiversity patterns and informing conservation and management strategies. Large biodiversity information facilities often contain spatial and taxonomic errors that reduce the quality of the provided data. Moreover, datasets are frequently shared in varying formats, inhibiting proper integration and interoperability. Here, we provide a quality...