Latitudinal phytoplankton distribution and the neutral theory of biodiversity

• Published in: Global ecology and biogeography Vol. 22; no. 5; pp. 531 - 543
• Main Authors: Chust, Guillem, Irigoien, Xabier, Chave, Jerome, Harris, Roger P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.05.2013; John Wiley & Sons Ltd; Blackwell; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Algae; Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Atlantic Ocean; Bacillariophyceae; beta diversity; Biodiversity; Biogeography; Biological and medical sciences; Community structure; diatom; Diatoms; dispersal; Ecological modeling; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Latitude; Mantels; Marine ecology; neutral theory; Phytoplankton; plankton; Plant cytology, morphology, systematics, chorology and evolution; Sea water ecosystems; Species; Synecology; Thallophyta; Atlantic Ocean; A, Atlantic; Neutral theory; Algae; Latitudinal distribution; Atlantic Ocean; Biogeography; Beta diversity; dispersal; Ecology; Biodiversity; diatom; Dispersion; Marine environment; Heterokontophyta; Bacillariophyta; Plankton; Phytoplankton

Aim: Recent studies have suggested that global diatom distributions are not limited by dispersal, in the case of both extant species and fossil species, but rather that environmental filtering explains their spatial patterns. Hubbell's neutral theory of biodiversity provides a framework in whic...