Long-term variations of four macrobenthic community structures

Type Article
Date 1997
Language English
Author(s) Fromentin Jean-MarcORCID, Dauvin Jean-Claude, Ibanez F, Dewarumez Jean-Marie, Elkaim B
Affiliation(s) MUSEUM NATL HIST NAT,LAB INVERTEBRES MARINS & MALACOL,CNRS,URA 699,F-75005 PARIS,FRANCE
UNIV SCI & TECH LILLE FLANDRES ARTOIS,LAB HYDROBIOL,F-75005 WIMEREUX,FRANCE
Meeting International Colloquium on Long-Term Changes in Marine Ecosystems, ARCACHON, FRANCE, FEB 01-03, 1995
Source Oceanolica Acta (0399-1784) (Gauthier-Villars), 1997 , Vol. 20 , N. 1 , P. 43-53
WOS© Times Cited 23
Keyword(s) macrobenthos, community structure, species abundance model, long-term survey, English Channel, North Sea
Abstract This study examines whether meso-scale meteorological events, in particular the alternation of cold and mild periods, influenced the structure of four Abi cr alba communities, sampled from 1977 to 1992 on the northwest French coast. We propose a new numerical procedure to describe temporal variations in the structure of each assemblage, using some niche-oriented models recently developed by Tokeshi (1993). The description of the temporal changes in the structure of each community was summarized into a 2D-plot of an ordination, performed on observed and simulated patterns. Results showed that important changes occurred in these four assemblages, which were not directly related to the meso-scale climatic events, but mainly to the local environmental factors and biotic interactions. Furthermore, it appears that stable environmental conditions would favour more stable structures, but do not determine the precise type of the structure.
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Fromentin Jean-Marc, Dauvin Jean-Claude, Ibanez F, Dewarumez Jean-Marie, Elkaim B (1997). Long-term variations of four macrobenthic community structures. Oceanolica Acta, 20(1), 43-53. Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00093/20407/