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Large-scale diversity and biogeography of benthic copepods in European waters |
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| Authors: | Gritta Veit-Köhler Marleen De Troch Mateja Grego Tania Nara Bezerra Wendy Bonne Guy De Smet Christina Folkers Kai Horst George Chen Guotong Rudy Herman Rony Huys Nikolaos Lampadariou Jürgen Laudien Pedro Martínez Arbizu Armin Rose Michaela Schratzberger Sybille Seifried Paul Somerfield Jan Vanaverbeke Edward Vanden Berghe Magda Vincx Borut Vriser Leen Vandepitte |
| Institution: | 1. DZMB, Senckenberg Research Institute, Südstrand 44, 26382, Wilhelmshaven, Germany 2. Marine Biology, Biology Department, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281–S8, 9000, Ghent, Belgium 3. Marine Biology Station Piran, National Institute of Biology, Fornace 41, 6330, Piran, Slovenia 4. Vlaamse Overheid, Departement Economie, Wetenschap en Innovatie, Ellips building, Koning Albert II-laan 35, 1030, Brussels, Belgium 5. Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD, London, UK 6. Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Oceanography, P.O. Box 2214, 71003, Iraklion, Crete, Greece 7. Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research, P.O. Box 120161, 27515, Bremerhaven, Germany 8. Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, NR 33 0HT, UK 9. Faculty 5, Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, AG Zoosystematics, University of Oldenburg, 26111, Oldenburg, Germany 10. Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, West Hoe, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, UK 11. Flanders Marine Institute, Wandelaarkaai 7, 8400, Oostende, Belgium 12. Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, 71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, USA |
| Abstract: | A large-scale database concerning benthic copepods from the Arctic, Baltic Sea, North Sea, British Isles, Adriatic Sea and Crete was compiled to assess species richness, biodiversity, communities, ecological range size and biogeographical patterns. The Adriatic showed the highest evenness and the most species-rich communities. Assemblages from the North Sea, British Isles, Baltic and Crete had a lower evenness. The British Isles were characterised by impoverished communities. The ecological specificity of copepod species showed two diverging trends: higher specificity of species in more diverse assemblages was observed in the Adriatic, North Sea and Baltic. A uniformly high species specificity disregarding sample diversity was found on Crete and in the British Isles. Benthic copepod communities showed distinct patterns that clearly fit the predefined geographical regions. Communities were distinguishable and β-diversity was found to be high around Europe, indicating a high species turnover on the scale of this investigation. The British Isles and the North Sea were found to be faunistic links to the Baltic and the Arctic. |
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