Species richness and functional attributes of fish assemblages across a large-scale salinity gradient in shallow coastal areas

Abstract

Coastal ecosystems are biologically productive, and their diversity underlies various ecosystem services to humans. However, large-scale species richness (SR) and its regulating factors remain uncertain for many organism groups, owing not least to the fact that observed SR (SRobs) depends on sample size and inventory completeness (IC). We estimated changes in SR across a natural geographical gradient using statistical rarefaction and extrapolation methods, based on a large fish species incidence dataset compiled for shallow coastal areas (

Published in

Biogeosciences
2022, volume: 19, number: 8, pages: 2295-2312
Publisher: COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH

SLU Authors

• Koehler, Birgit

  • Department of Aquatic Resources (SLU Aqua), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Erlandsson, Mårten

  • Department of Aquatic Resources (SLU Aqua), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Karlsson, Martin

  • Department of Aquatic Resources (SLU Aqua), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Bergström, Lena

  • Department of Aquatic Resources (SLU Aqua), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

Global goals (SDG)

SDG14 Life below water

UKÄ Subject classification

Fish and Aquacultural Science
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Ecology

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-2295-2022

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/118047