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DOI | 10.1111/ele.13680 |
Shape matters: the relationship between cell geometry and diversity in phytoplankton | |
Ryabov A.; Kerimoglu O.; Litchman E.; Olenina I.; Roselli L.; Basset A.; Stanca E.; Blasius B. | |
发表日期 | 2021 |
ISSN | 1461023X |
起始页码 | 847 |
结束页码 | 861 |
卷号 | 24期号:4 |
英文摘要 | Size and shape profoundly influence an organism’s ecophysiological performance and evolutionary fitness, suggesting a link between morphology and diversity. However, not much is known about how body shape is related to taxonomic richness, especially in microbes. Here we analyse global datasets of unicellular marine phytoplankton, a major group of primary producers with an exceptional diversity of cell sizes and shapes and, additionally, heterotrophic protists. Using two measures of cell shape elongation, we quantify taxonomic diversity as a function of cell size and shape. We find that cells of intermediate volume have the greatest shape variation, from oblate to extremely elongated forms, while small and large cells are mostly compact (e.g. spherical or cubic). Taxonomic diversity is strongly related to cell elongation and cell volume, together explaining up to 92% of total variance. Taxonomic diversity decays exponentially with cell elongation and displays a log-normal dependence on cell volume, peaking for intermediate-volume cells with compact shapes. These previously unreported broad patterns in phytoplankton diversity reveal selective pressures and ecophysiological constraints on the geometry of phytoplankton cells which may improve our understanding of marine ecology and the evolutionary rules of life. © 2021 The Authors. Ecology Letters published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. |
关键词 | Allometric scalingcell shapediversitymorphologyphytoplanktonshape distribution |
英文关键词 | body shape; cell; ecophysiology; geometry; morphology; phytoplankton; species diversity; taxonomy; Protista; cell size; evolution; marine biology; phytoplankton; Biological Evolution; Cell Size; Marine Biology; Phytoplankton |
语种 | 英语 |
来源期刊 | Ecology Letters |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/204481 |
作者单位 | Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany; Helmholtz-Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at the University of Oldenburg [HIFMB], Oldenburg, Germany; Insistute of Coastal Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Geesthacht, Germany; W. K. Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University, Hickory Corners, MI 49060, United States; Environmental Protection Agency, Klaipėda, Lithuania; Marine Research Institute of the Klaipeda University, Klaipėda, Lithuania; Agency for the Environmental Prevention and Protection (ARPA Puglia), Lecce, Italy; Department of Biological and Environmental Science and Technologies, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy; Institute of Research on Terrestrial Ecosystems, National Research Council, Lecce, Italy |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Ryabov A.,Kerimoglu O.,Litchman E.,et al. Shape matters: the relationship between cell geometry and diversity in phytoplankton[J],2021,24(4). |
APA | Ryabov A..,Kerimoglu O..,Litchman E..,Olenina I..,Roselli L..,...&Blasius B..(2021).Shape matters: the relationship between cell geometry and diversity in phytoplankton.Ecology Letters,24(4). |
MLA | Ryabov A.,et al."Shape matters: the relationship between cell geometry and diversity in phytoplankton".Ecology Letters 24.4(2021). |
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