Biodiversity of leaf litter fungi in streams along a latitudinal gradient

Sahadevan Seena; Felix Barlocher; Olimpia Sobral; Mark O Gessner; David Dudgeon; Brendan G McKie; Eric Chauvet; Luz Boyero; Veronica Ferreira; Andre Frainer; Andreas Bruder; Christoph D Matthaei; Stefano Fenoglio; Kandikere R Sridhar; Ricardo J Albarino; Michael M Douglas; Andrea C Encalada; Erica Garcia; Sudeep D Ghate; Darren P Giling; Vitor Goncalves; Tomoya Iwata; Andrea Landeira-Dabarca; Damien McMaster; Adriana O Medeiros; Josheena Naggea; Jesus Pozo; Pedro M Raposeiro; Christopher M Swan; Nathalie S D Tenkiano; Catherine M Yule; Manuel A S Graca

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Biodiversity of leaf litter fungi in streams along a latitudinal gradient

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Biodiversity of leaf litter fungi in streams along a latitudinal gradient

Sahadevan Seena, Felix Barlocher, Olimpia Sobral, Mark O Gessner, David Dudgeon, Brendan G McKie, Eric Chauvet, Luz Boyero, Veronica Ferreira, Andre Frainer, …

Science of the Total Environment, Vol.661, pp.306-315

2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.122

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Abstract

latitudinal diversity gradient

aquatic fungi

litter decomposition

temperature

streams

global biodiversity

Global patterns of biodiversity have emerged for soil microorganisms, plants and animals, and the extraordinary significance of microbial functions in ecosystems is also well established. Virtually unknown, however, are large-scale patterns of microbial diversity in freshwaters, although these aquatic ecosystems are hotspots of biodiversity and biogeochemical processes. Here we report on the first large-scale study of biodiversity of leaf-litter fungi in streams along a latitudinal gradient unravelled by Illumina sequencing. The study is based on fungal communities colonizing standardized plant litter in 19 globally distributed stream locations between 69°N and 44°S. Fungal richness suggests a hump-shaped distribution along the latitudinal gradient. Strikingly, community composition of fungi was more clearly related to thermal preferences than to biogeography. Our results suggest that identifying differences in key environmental drivers, such as temperature, among taxa and ecosystem types is critical to unravel the global patterns of aquatic fungal diversity.

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Title: Biodiversity of leaf litter fungi in streams along a latitudinal gradient
Authors: Sahadevan Seena (Author) - University of Coimbra, Portugal
Felix Barlocher (Author) - Mt. Allison University, Canada
Olimpia Sobral (Author) - University of Coimbra, Portugal
Mark O Gessner (Author) - Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Germany
David Dudgeon (Author) - University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Brendan G McKie (Author) - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Eric Chauvet (Author) - Universite de Toulouse, France
Luz Boyero (Author) - University of the Basque Country, Spain
Veronica Ferreira (Author) - University of Coimbra, Portugal
Andre Frainer (Author) - Arctic University of Norway, Norway
Andreas Bruder (Author) - University of Otago, New Zealand
Christoph D Matthaei (Author) - University of Otago, New Zealand
Stefano Fenoglio (Author) - University of Piemonte Orientale, Italy
Kandikere R Sridhar (Author) - Mangalore University, India
Ricardo J Albarino (Author) - INIBIOMA (UNComahue-CONICET), Argentina
Michael M Douglas (Author) - University of Western Australia
Andrea C Encalada (Author) - University of Coimbra, Portugal
Erica Garcia (Author) - Charles Darwin University
Sudeep D Ghate (Author) - Mangalore University, India
Darren P Giling (Author) - Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Germany
Vitor Goncalves (Author) - Universidade dos Acores, Portugal
Tomoya Iwata (Author) - University of Yamanashi, Japan
Andrea Landeira-Dabarca (Author) - Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
Damien McMaster (Author) - Charles Darwin University
Adriana O Medeiros (Author) - Universidade Federal da Bahina, Brazil
Josheena Naggea (Author) - Monash University Malaysia, Malaysia
Jesus Pozo (Author) - University of the Basque Country, Spain
Pedro M Raposeiro (Author) - Universidade dos Acores, Portugal
Christopher M Swan (Author) - University of Maryland, United States
Nathalie S D Tenkiano (Author) - Universite Julius N'Yerere de Kankan, Guinea
Catherine M Yule (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - School of Science & Engineering
Manuel A S Graca (Author) - University of Coimbra, Portugal
Publication details: Science of the Total Environment, Vol.661, pp.306-315
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date published: 2019
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.122
ISSN: 0048-9697
Organisation Unit: School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451236402621
Output Type: Journal article

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