A null model to study community structure of microcrustacean assemblages in northern Chilean shallow lakes

datacite.alternateIdentifier.citationCrustaceana, Vol.84, 5-6, 513-521, 2011es
datacite.alternateIdentifier.doi10.1163/001121611X579169es
datacite.creatorDe Los Ríos Escalante, Patricio
datacite.date2011
datacite.date.issued2012-02-07
datacite.subjectEcosistemas acuáticos continentaleses
datacite.subjectLimnologíaes
datacite.subjectBiogeografíaes
datacite.subjectFotobiologíaes
datacite.titleA null model to study community structure of microcrustacean assemblages in northern Chilean shallow lakeses
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-07T14:12:47Z
dc.date.available2012-02-07T14:12:47Z
dc.description.abstractThe inland water bodies of northern Chile (18-27°S) are characterized by high salinity levels and impoverished species richness. This study presents field observations of species associations sampled from shallow water bodies in the Antofagasta region of northern Chile (23°S). A species presenceabsence matrix was created for calculating the Jaccard Index of community similarity and for testing null models of species associations, with the aim of determining whether species associations, are random or not. The results of the Jaccard Index calculations indicated the existence of defined groups, including three sites with Artemia franciscana, two sites with Boeckella poopoensis, and a sixth site only containing the ostracod Sarscypridopsis aculeata. The results of the null model analysis denoted the presence of regulating factors only in fixed-fixed simulation, that is the most robust in comparison to the other two simulations that denoted absence of regulator factors in species associations. The Jaccard indices and significant null model analysis agree with previous ecological descriptions of salinity as a determinant of species associations, whereas the non-significant results of the other two simulations could be due to the low number of species reported. The ecology and biogeography of these communities are also discussed. © 2011 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden.es
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dc.identifier.urihttps://repositoriodigital.uct.cl/handle/10925/572
dc.language.isoenes
dc.sourceCrustaceanaes
oaire.resourceTypeArtículo de Revistaes
uct.carreraIngeniería en Acuiculturaes
uct.carreraIngeniería en Recursos Naturales Renovableses
uct.carreraMedicina Veterinariaes
uct.catalogadoragaes
uct.comunidadRecursos Naturaleses
uct.facultadFacultad de Recursos Naturaleses
uct.indizacionISIes
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