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TI Stygofaunal community trends along varied rainfall conditions: Deciphering ecological niche dynamics of a shallow calcrete in Western Australia
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AF Saccò, Mattia
   Blyth, Alison J.
   Humphreys, William F.
   Karasiewicz, Stephane
   Meredith, Karina T.
   Laini, Alex
   Cooper, Steven J.B.
   Bateman, Philip W.
   Grice, Kliti
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C1 WA‐Organic Isotope Geochemistry Centre, The Institute for Geoscience Research, School of Earth and Planetary SciencesCurtin University Perth Western Australia 6102 ,Australia
   Collections and Research Centre Western Australian Museum Welshpool Western Australia 6986 , Australia
   School of Biological Sciences University of Western Australia Crawley Western Australia 6009, Australia
   Centre de Brest, Unité Dynamiques des Écosystèmes Côtiers, Laboratoire D'écologie Pélagique, Département Océanographie et Dynamique des EcosystèmesIFREMER Plouzané F‐9280, France
   Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) Locked Bag 2001 Kirrawee DC NSW 2232 , Australia
   Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainabilit University of Parma Viale G. P. Usberti 33/A Parma 43124 ,Italy
   Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity, School of Biological Sciences University of Adelaide Adelaide South Australia 5005 ,Australia
   Evolutionary Biology Unit South Australian Museum North Terrace Adelaide South Australia 5000, Australia
   Behavioural Ecology Lab, School of Molecular and Life Sciences Curtin University Perth Western Australia 6102, Australia
C2 UNIV CURTIN, AUSTRALIA
   WESTERN AUSTRAL MUSEUM, AUSTRALIA
   UNIV WESTERN AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA
   IFREMER, FRANCE
   ANSTO, AUSTRALIA
   UNIV PARMA, ITALY
   UNIV ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA
   S AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM, AUSTRALIA
   UNIV CURTIN, AUSTRALIA
SI BREST
SE PDG-ODE-DYNECO-PELAGOS
IN WOS Ifremer UPR
   copubli-europe
   copubli-int-hors-europe
IF 2.843
TC 19
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00599/71110/69806.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;stygofauna;ecological niche;groundwater;calcrete;rainfall;WitOMI
AB Groundwaters host highly adapted fauna, known as stygofauna, which play a key role in maintaining the functional integrity of subterranean ecosystems. Stygofaunal niche studies provide insights into the ecological dynamics shaping the delicate balance between the hydrological conditions and community diversity patterns. This work aims to unravel the ecological trends of a calcrete stygofaunal community, with special focus on niche dynamics through the Outlying Mean Index analysis (OMI) and additional calculation of Within Outlying Mean Indexes (WitOMI), under three rainfall regimes. Temperature and pH changed significantly among different rainfall conditions (P < .001), and together with salinity were the most influential drivers in shaping stygofaunal assemblages. These environmental conditions, linked with nutrient fluctuations in the groundwater, constrained changes in niche occupation for water mites, two species of beetles and juvenile amphipods (OMI analysis, P < .05). The WitOMI analysis revealed differential subniche breadths linked with taxa‐specific adaptations after different rainfall conditions. Our results indicate that stygofaunal niches are closely linked to the hydrodynamic conditions influenced by different rainfall regimes. Further long‐term investigations, incorporating broader ecological perspectives, will help to understand the impacts associated with climate change and anthropogenic pressures on one of the most threatened ecosystems in the world. 
PY 2020
PD JAN
SO Ecohydrology
SN 1936-0584
PU Wiley
VL 13
IS 1
UT 000502012200001
DI 10.1002/eco.2150
ID 71110
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