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A comparison of epiphytic nematode diversity and assemblages in Corallina turves on British and South Korean coasts across hierarchical spatial scales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 June 2019

Hyeong-Gi Kim ,
Lawrence E. Hawkins ,
Jasmin A. Godbold ,
Moira Maclean ,
Chul-Woong Oh ,
Hyun Soo Rho  and
Stephen J. Hawkins
Hyeong-Gi Kim*
Affiliation:
Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK School of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Research Institute of Oceanography, Seoul National University, Seoul, R. Korea, 08826
Lawrence E. Hawkins
Affiliation:
Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK
Jasmin A. Godbold
Affiliation:
Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK
Moira Maclean
Affiliation:
Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK
Chul-Woong Oh
Affiliation:
Department of Marine Biology, Pukyoung National University, Busan, R. Korea, 48513
Hyun Soo Rho
Affiliation:
Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Gyeongbuk, R. Korea, 36315
Stephen J. Hawkins
Affiliation:
Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, PL1 2PB, UK
*
Author for correspondence: Hyeong-Gi Kim, E-mail: H-G.Kim@soton.ac.uk
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Abstract

Cosmopolitan habitat-forming taxa of algae such as the genus Corallina provide an opportunity to compare patterns of biodiversity over wide geographic scales. Nematode assemblages inhabiting Corallina turves were compared between the south coasts of the British Isles and South Korea. A fully nested design was used with three regions in each country, two shores in each region and replicate samples taken from three patches on each shore to compare differences in the taxonomic and biological trait composition of nematode assemblages across scales. A biological traits approach, based on functional diversity of nematodes, was used to make comparisons between countries, among regions, between shores and among patches. The taxonomic and biological trait compositions of nematode assemblages were significantly different across all spatial scales (patches, shores, regions and countries). There is greater variation amongst nematode assemblages at the scale of shore than at other spatial scales. Nematode assemblage structure and functional traits are influenced by the local environmental factors on each shore including sea-surface temperature, the amount of sediment trapped in Corallina spp. and tidal range. The sea-surface temperature and the amount of sediment trapped in Corallina spp. were the predominant factors determining nematode abundance and composition of assemblages and their functional diversity.

Keywords

Biodiversitybroad-scale comparisonCorallinahabitat provisionnematodes
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 99 , Issue 7 , November 2019 , pp. 1481 - 1493
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2019 

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