Elements of fish metacommunity structure in Neotropical freshwater streams

The identification of the mechanisms underlying patterns of species co‐occurrence is a way to identify which process(es) (niche, neutral, or both) structure metacommunities. The current paper had the goal of identifying patterns of co‐occurrence in Neotropical stream fish and determining which proce...

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Published in:	Ecology and evolution Vol. 10; no. 21; pp. 12024 - 12035
Main Authors:	Vieira, Thiago Bernardi, Brasil, Leandro Schlemmer, Silva, Liriann Chrisley N., Tejerina‐Garro, Francisco Leonardo, Aquino, Pedro de Podestà Uchôa, Pompeu, Paulo S., Marco, Paulo
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01-11-2020 John Wiley and Sons Inc Wiley
Subjects:	Competition Endangered & extinct species Extinction Fish Freshwater fish Keystone species Niches Original Research Permeability Physical characteristics Streams
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Summary:	The identification of the mechanisms underlying patterns of species co‐occurrence is a way to identify which process(es) (niche, neutral, or both) structure metacommunities. The current paper had the goal of identifying patterns of co‐occurrence in Neotropical stream fish and determining which processes structure the fish metacommunity, and identifying any gradients underlying this structure. Results indicated that the metacommunity formed by the species pool was structured by a pattern of nested co‐occurrence (hyperdispersed species loss) and a mass‐effect mechanism. However, a set of core species, displaying a Clementsian pattern, was structured by a species‐sorting mechanism. Both, hyperdispersed species loss and the Clementsian patterns point to a discrete set of communities within the metacommunity. These communities could be isolated by the water physicochemical conditions or morphological characteristics of the stream channel. The results of the work show a set of main species of stream fish with a Clementian pattern and structured by a species classification mechanism. On the other hand, the metacommunity formed by the total set of species is structured by a nested pattern (loss of hyperdispersed species) and by the mass‐effect mechanism. These communities can be isolated by physical–chemical conditions or physical barriers.
Bibliography:	Part of these study was funded by Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior ‐ Brasil (CAPES) Finance Code 001, CNPq/PPBIO (agreement # 457463/2012‐0) and CNPq/ICMBio (agreement # 552009/2011‐3), CNPq grand (Process 471283/2006‐1) and The International Fund for Ecological Research, grand nº 00543. Funding Information ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23
ISSN:	2045-7758 2045-7758
DOI:	10.1002/ece3.6804