Determinants of community structure in the global plankton interactome
Vrije Universiteit Brussel · Rega Institute for Medical Research · +27 more institutions
Abstract
Species interaction networks are shaped by abiotic and biotic factors. Here, as part of the Tara Oceans project, we studied the photic zone interactome using environmental factors and organismal abundance profiles and found that environmental factors are incomplete predictors of community structure. We found associations across plankton functional types and phylogenetic groups to be nonrandomly distributed on the network and driven by both local and global patterns. We identified interactions among grazers, primary producers, viruses, and (mainly parasitic) symbionts and validated network-generated hypotheses using microscopy to confirm symbiotic relationships. We have thus provided a resource to support…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 71.61
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 69
Authors
51- GLGipsi Lima‐MendezCorresponding
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Rega Institute for Medical Research, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, KU Leuven
- KFKaroline FaustCorresponding
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Rega Institute for Medical Research, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, KU Leuven
- NHNicolas HenryCorresponding
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Sorbonne Université, Adaptation et Diversité en Milieu Marin
- JDJohan Decelle
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Sorbonne Université, Adaptation et Diversité en Milieu Marin
- SCSébastien Colin
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Inserm, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Sorbonne Université, Adaptation et Diversité en Milieu Marin, Institut de Biologie de l'École Normale Supérieure
Topics & keywords
- Interactome
- Abiotic component
- Plankton
- Ecology
- Community structure
- Abundance (ecology)
- Biology
- Phylogenetic tree
- Life below water