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Global patterns in functional rarity of marine fish
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dc.contributor.author | Trindade-Santos, Isaac | |
dc.contributor.author | Moyes, Faye | |
dc.contributor.author | Magurran, Anne | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-02-15T16:30:11Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-02-15T16:30:11Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-02-15 | |
dc.identifier | 277604052 | |
dc.identifier | 27094cc0-ceaf-4f92-97b9-f0dedea3ab7c | |
dc.identifier | 85124680287 | |
dc.identifier | 000756004300005 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Trindade-Santos , I , Moyes , F & Magurran , A 2022 , ' Global patterns in functional rarity of marine fish ' , Nature Communications , vol. 13 , 877 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28488-1 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 2041-1723 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-0036-2795/work/108508563 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0001-9687-0593/work/108508622 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/24887 | |
dc.description | Funding: I.T.S. thanks CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior -Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel), process number: #88881.129579/2016–01 (Finance Code 001) for a PhD scholarship. A.E.M. thanks the Leverhulme Trust (RPG-2019–402) for support. | en |
dc.description.abstract | Rare species, which represent a large fraction of the taxa in ecological assemblages, account for much of the biological diversity on Earth. These species make substantial contributions to ecosystem functioning, and are targets of conservation policy. Here we adopt an integrated approach, combining information on the rarity of species trait combinations, and their spatial restrictedness, to quantify the biogeography of rare fish (a taxon with almost 13,000 species) in the world’s oceans. We find concentrations of rarity, in excess of what is predicted by a null expectation, near the coasts and at higher latitudes. We also observe mismatches between these rarity hotspots and marine protected areas. This pattern is repeated for both major groupings of fish, the Actinopterygii (bony fish) and Elasmobranchii (sharks, skates and rays). These results uncover global patterns of rarity that were not apparent from earlier work, and highlight the importance of using metrics that incorporate information on functional traits in the conservation and management of global marine fishes. | |
dc.format.extent | 9 | |
dc.format.extent | 3043565 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Nature Communications | en |
dc.subject | QH301 Biology | en |
dc.subject | DAS | en |
dc.subject | SDG 14 - Life Below Water | en |
dc.subject | MCC | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QH301 | en |
dc.title | Global patterns in functional rarity of marine fish | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | European Research Council | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | European Research Council | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Centre for Biological Diversity | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Biology | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotland | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Institute | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Institute of Behavioural and Neural Sciences | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. St Andrews Sustainability Institute | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Fish Behaviour and Biodiversity Research Group | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Centre for Research into Ecological & Environmental Modelling | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28488-1 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 727440 | en |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 250189 | en |
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