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A Pleistocene legacy structures variation in modern seagrass ecosystems

Published:2022-08 Issue:32 Volume:119 Page:
ISSN:0027-8424
Container-title:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
language:en
Short-container-title:Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

Author:

Duffy J. Emmett¹^ORCID,Stachowicz John J.²^ORCID,Reynolds Pamela L.²,Hovel Kevin A.³,Jahnke Marlene⁴,Sotka Erik E.⁵^ORCID,Boström Christoffer⁶,Boyer Katharyn E.⁷^ORCID,Cusson Mathieu⁸^ORCID,Eklöf Johan⁹,Engelen Aschwin H.¹⁰^ORCID,Eriksson Britas Klemens¹¹,Fodrie F. Joel¹²^ORCID,Griffin John N.¹³,Hereu Clara M.¹⁴^ORCID,Hori Masakazu¹⁵,Hughes A. Randall¹⁶^ORCID,Ivanov Mikhail V.¹⁷^ORCID,Jorgensen Pablo¹⁸^ORCID,Kruschel Claudia¹⁹,Lee Kun-Seop²⁰^ORCID,Lefcheck Jonathan S.¹^ORCID,Moksnes Per-Olav²¹,Nakaoka Masahiro²²^ORCID,O’Connor Mary I.²³^ORCID,O’Connor Nessa E.²⁴^ORCID,Orth Robert J.²⁵^ORCID,Peterson Bradley J.²⁶,Reiss Henning²⁷,Reiss Katrin²⁷,Richardson J. Paul²⁵,Rossi Francesca²⁸^ORCID,Ruesink Jennifer L.²⁹,Schultz Stewart T.¹⁹,Thormar Jonas³⁰^ORCID,Tomas Fiona³¹,Unsworth Richard¹³^ORCID,Voigt Erin³,Whalen Matthew A.²³,Ziegler Shelby L.³²^ORCID,Olsen Jeanine L.¹¹

Affiliation:

1. Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network and MarineGEO program, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD 21037

2. Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616

3. Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182

4. Tjärnö Marine Laboratory, Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Strömstad 45296, Sweden

5. Grice Marine Laboratory, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC 29412

6. Environmental and Marine Biology, Åbo Akademi University, Åbo 20520, Finland

7. Estuary & Ocean Science Center, San Francisco State University, Tiburon, CA 94920

8. Département des sciences fondamentales & Québec-Océan, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, G7H 2B1 Canada

9. Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm 106 91, Sweden

10. Center of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), Universidade do Algarve, Faro 8005-139, Portugal

11. Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen 9747 AG, Netherlands

12. Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Morehead City, NC 28557

13. School of Biosciences, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales SA2 8PP, United Kingdom

14. Facultad de Ciencias Marinas, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada, Baja California, 22860 Mexico

15. Fisheries Research and Education Agency, Yokohama, 236-0042, Japan

16. Marine Science Center, Northeastern University, Nahant, MA 01908

17. Department of Ichthyology and Hydrobiology, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg 199178, Russia

18. Instituto de Ciencias Polares, Ambiente y Recursos Naturale, Universidad Nacional de Tierra del Fuego, Ushuaia 9410, Argentina

19. Department of Ecology, Agriculture, and Aquaculture, University of Zadar, Zadar 23000, Croatia

20. Department of Biological Sciences, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea

21. Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg 40530, Sweden

22. Akkeshi Marine Station, Hokkaido University, Akkeshi 088-1113, Japan

23. Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada

24. Department of Zoology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin D02 PN40, Ireland

25. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary, Gloucester Point, VA 23062

26. School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794

27. Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, Nord University, Bodø 8049, Norway

28. ECOSEAS Laboratory, University of Cote d’Azur–CNRS, Nice 6100, France

29. Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195

30. Institute of Marine Research, His 4817, Norway

31. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (IMEDEA), Esporles 7190, Spain

32. Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602

Abstract

Distribution of Earth’s biomes is structured by the match between climate and plant traits, which in turn shape associated communities and ecosystem processes and services. However, that climate–trait match can be disrupted by historical events, with lasting ecosystem impacts. As Earth’s environment changes faster than at any time in human history, critical questions are whether and how organismal traits and ecosystems can adjust to altered conditions. We quantified the relative importance of current environmental forcing versus evolutionary history in shaping the growth form (stature and biomass) and associated community of eelgrass ( Zostera marina ), a widespread foundation plant of marine ecosystems along Northern Hemisphere coastlines, which experienced major shifts in distribution and genetic composition during the Pleistocene. We found that eelgrass stature and biomass retain a legacy of the Pleistocene colonization of the Atlantic from the ancestral Pacific range and of more recent within-basin bottlenecks and genetic differentiation. This evolutionary legacy in turn influences the biomass of associated algae and invertebrates that fuel coastal food webs, with effects comparable to or stronger than effects of current environmental forcing. Such historical lags in phenotypic acclimatization may constrain ecosystem adjustments to rapid anthropogenic climate change, thus altering predictions about the future functioning of ecosystems.

Funder

National Science Foundation

Publisher

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Subject

Multidisciplinary

Link

https://pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1073/pnas.2121425119

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