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Chen X, Han M, Liang Y, Zhao W, Wu Y, Sun Y, Shao H, McMinn A, Zhu L, Wang M. Progress in 'taxonomic sufficiency' in aquatic biological investigations. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2022; 185:114192. [PMID: 36356341 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2022] [Revised: 09/24/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
The 'taxonomic sufficiency' (TS) approach has been applied to algae, protists, invertebrates, and vertebrates, generally by aggregating species-level abundance data to a higher taxonomic level, where genus-level data are often highly correlated with species-level data and are a valid proxy level. The TS approach offers the possibility of a comparison of data from different geographical areas and highlights the effects of contaminants. The TS approach is stable in the face of different researchers and in the comparison of long-term biological survey data. The effectiveness of the TS approach may increase with increasing environmental gradients or spatial area. The TS approach should be avoided when the spatial area is small and small differences in species-level data are considered important, so as not to cancel out the distribution patterns specific to the local environment of the biological taxa.
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- Xuechao Chen
- College of Marine Life Sciences, Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China; UMT-OUC Joint Centre for Marine Studies, Qingdao 266003, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China; UMT-OUC Joint Centre for Marine Studies, Qingdao 266003, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China; Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia.
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China; The affiliated hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266000, China; UMT-OUC Joint Centre for Marine Studies, Qingdao 266003, China.
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Bevilacqua S, Anderson MJ, Ugland KI, Somerfield PJ, Terlizzi A. The use of taxonomic relationships among species in applied ecological research: Baseline, steps forward and future challenges. AUSTRAL ECOL 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/aec.13061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Stanislao Bevilacqua
- Department of Life Sciences University of Trieste Via Licio Giorgieri, 10 34127 TriesteItaly
- Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare Rome Italy
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- New Zealand Institute for Advanced Study (NZIAS) Massey University Auckland New Zealand
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- Department of Marine Biology University of Oslo Oslo Norway
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- Department of Life Sciences University of Trieste Via Licio Giorgieri, 10 34127 TriesteItaly
- Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare Rome Italy
- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn Naples Italy
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Pitacco V, Mistri M, Aleffi IF, Lardicci C, Prato S, Tagliapietra D, Munari C. The efficiency of Taxonomic Sufficiency for identification of spatial patterns at different scales in transitional waters. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2019; 144:84-91. [PMID: 30635199 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2019.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2018] [Revised: 12/27/2018] [Accepted: 01/02/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
Taxonomic Sufficiency (TS), the use of coarser taxonomic resolution in monitoring plans, has been receiving increasing attention in last years. A comprehensive dataset of macrobenthos from 18 Italian lagoons in a range of different latitude, typology, salinity and surface area, was analysed in order to test the efficiency of TS, in terms of correlation between patterns at level of species and patterns resulting from different levels of taxonomic aggregation. First, TS was applied on a range of univariate indices, providing complementary information on macrobenthic community, in order to test the efficiency, in a contest of different taxonomic composition, and different number of lower taxa belonging to the same higher taxon in each lagoon. Then, TS was applied on multivariate analyses, in order to test whether the efficiency changes between two different scales: local (comparison of sites nested within each lagoon) and regional (comparison among lagoons), and with different data transformation. The patterns resulting from univariate indices and multivariate analyses, at both local and regional scales, were retained till family level, despite the different levels of taxonomic composition and different number of lower taxa belonging to the same higher taxon of different lagoons. Nevertheless, the correlation values among matrices and the effect of data transformation differed between regional and local scales. Our results support the efficiency of TS until family level, but at the same time underline the need of scale- and region-specific baseline knowledge prior application of TS in lagoons.
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- Valentina Pitacco
- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Via Fossato di Mortara 17, 44121, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Via Fossato di Mortara 17, 44121, Ferrara, Italy.
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- ARPA FVG, Osservatorio Alto Adriatico, Via La Marmora 13, 34139, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Via Derna 1, 56126, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Via Fossato di Mortara 17, 44121, Ferrara, Italy
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