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PT J
TI Assessing phytoplankton realized niches using a French National Phytoplankton Monitoring Network
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AF HERNANDEZ FARINAS, Tania
   BACHER, Cedric
   SOUDANT, Dominique
   BELIN, Catherine
   BARILLE, Laurent
AS 1:1;2:2;3:1;4:1;5:3;
FF 1:;2:PDG-ODE-DYNECO-BENTHOS;3:PDG-ODE-DYNECO-VIGIES;4:PDG-ODE-DYNECO-VIGIES;5:;
C1 IFREMER, Dyneco VIGIES, F-44311 Nantes 03, France.
   IFREMER, Dyneco BENTHOS, F-29280 Plouzane, France.
   Univ Nantes, Mer Mol Sante EA 2160, Fac Sci & Tech, F-44322 Nantes 03, France.
C2 IFREMER, FRANCE
   IFREMER, FRANCE
   UNIV NANTES, FRANCE
SI BREST
   NANTES
SE PDG-ODE-DYNECO-BENTHOS
   PDG-ODE-DYNECO-VIGIES
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   copubli-france
   copubli-univ-france
IF 2.335
TC 45
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00255/36627/35263.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;phytoplankton;environment;niche position;tolerance;kernel density;outlying mean index
AB Relating environmental factors to species occurrence is a fundamental step in a better understanding of the community structure, the spatial and temporal dynamics of populations and how species may respond to environmental changes. In this paper, we used phytoplankton occurrence data, from a French national phytoplankton monitoring network, and environmental variables with the aim of characterizing the realized ecological niches of phytoplankton groups. We selected 35 phytoplankton taxa representing the most important taxa in terms of occurrence frequency and abundance along the French coast of the eastern English Channel, the Southern Bight of the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. We show that environmental variables such as nutrient concentration, water temperature, irradiance and turbidity can be considered key factors controlling phytoplankton dynamics and influencing the community structure. By using a statistical framework based on an ordination technique the community structure was analyzed and interpreted in terms of niche overlap, marginality and tolerance. The most marginal taxon was Dactyliosolen and the most tolerant was Skeletonema. Non-marginal taxonomic units could be generalist and specialist, while marginal taxa were rather specialist. Specialist and marginal taxa globally showed lower values of overlap. Keywords
PY 2015
PD JUL
SO Estuarine Coastal And Shelf Science
SN 0272-7714
PU Academic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd
VL 159
UT 000355363300002
BP 15
EP 27
DI 10.1016/j.ecss.2015.03.010
ID 36627
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