Widespread shifts in body size within populations and assemblages

Author:

Martins Inês S.12ORCID,Schrodt Franziska3ORCID,Blowes Shane A.45ORCID,Bates Amanda E.6ORCID,Bjorkman Anne D.78ORCID,Brambilla Viviana19ORCID,Carvajal-Quintero Juan410ORCID,Chow Cher F. Y.1ORCID,Daskalova Gergana N.11ORCID,Edwards Kyle12ORCID,Eisenhauer Nico410ORCID,Field Richard3ORCID,Fontrodona-Eslava Ada1ORCID,Henn Jonathan J.1314ORCID,van Klink Roel45ORCID,Madin Joshua S.15ORCID,Magurran Anne E.1ORCID,McWilliam Michael1ORCID,Moyes Faye1ORCID,Pugh Brittany316ORCID,Sagouis Alban45ORCID,Trindade-Santos Isaac117ORCID,McGill Brian J.18,Chase Jonathan M.45ORCID,Dornelas Maria129ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Centre for Biological Diversity, School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9TH, Scotland.

2. Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

3. School of Geography, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD.

4. German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig 04103, Germany.

5. Department of Computer Science, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale) 06099, Germany.

6. Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

7. Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg 40530, Sweden.

8. Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg 41319, Sweden.

9. MARE, Guia Marine Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Cascais 2750-374, Portugal.

10. Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig 04103, Germany.

11. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg 2361, Austria.

12. Department of Oceanography, University of Hawai‘ʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.

13. Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.

14. Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80303, USA.

15. Hawai‘ʻi Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawai‘ʻi at Manoa, Kāne’ohe, Hawai‘ʻi 96744, USA.

16. University College London, School of Geography, Gower Street, London WC1E 6AE, UK.

17. Macroevolution Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1, Tancha, Onna-son, Kunigami-gun 904-0495, Okinawa, Japan.

18. School of Biology and Ecology and Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA.

Abstract

Biotic responses to global change include directional shifts in organismal traits. Body size, an integrative trait that determines demographic rates and ecosystem functions, is thought to be shrinking in the Anthropocene. Here, we assessed the prevalence of body size change in six taxon groups across 5025 assemblage time series spanning 1960 to 2020. Using the Price equation to partition this change into within-species body size versus compositional changes, we detected prevailing decreases in body size through time driven primarily by fish, with more variable patterns in other taxa. We found that change in assemblage composition contributes more to body size changes than within-species trends, but both components show substantial variation in magnitude and direction. The biomass of assemblages remains quite stable as decreases in body size trade off with increases in abundance.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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