Understanding Ecological Complexity in a Chemical Stress Context: A Reflection on Recolonization, Recovery, and Adaptation of Aquatic Populations and Communities DOI Creative Commons
Mirco Bundschuh, Francesc Mesquita‐Joanes, Andreu Rico

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Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 42(9), P. 1857 - 1866

Published: May 19, 2023

Abstract Recovery, recolonization, and adaptation in a chemical stress context are processes that regenerate local populations communities as well the functions these perform. Recolonization, either by species previously present or new able to occupy niches left empty, refers metacommunity process with stressed ecosystems benefiting from dispersal of organisms other areas. A potential consequence recolonization is limited capacity adapt potentially repeating events exposure when their have been effectively occupied colonizers genetic lineages taxa present. instead, an internal occurring within ecosystems. More specifically, impact stressor on community benefits less sensitive individuals population community. Finally, phenotypic and, sometimes, changes at individual levels, allowing permanence existing without necessarily changing taxonomic composition (i.e., not replacing species). Because usually operating parallel nature, though different degrees, it seems relevant try understand relative importance for regeneration structure ecosystem functioning after exposure. In critical perspective, we employed case studies supporting our understanding underlying hope provide theoretical framework disentangle relevance three biological some recommendations experimentally compare so net effects can be used parameterize risk-assessment models inform management. Environ Toxicol Chem 2023;42:1857–1866. © 2023 The Authors. Environmental Toxicology Chemistry published Wiley Periodicals LLC behalf SETAC.

Language: Английский

Dormancy in the origin, evolution and persistence of life on Earth DOI Creative Commons
Kevin D. Webster, Jay T. Lennon

Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 292(2038)

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Life has existed on Earth for most of the planet’s history, yet major gaps and unresolved questions remain about how it first arose persisted. Early posed numerous challenges life, including harsh fluctuating environments. Today, many organisms cope with such conditions by entering a reversible state reduced metabolic activity, phenomenon known as dormancy. This process protects inactive individuals minimizes risk extinction preserving information that stabilizes life-system dynamics. Here, we develop framework understanding dormancy early Earth, beginning primer theory its core criteria. We hypothesize dormancy-like mechanisms acting chemical precursors in prebiotic world may have facilitated origin life. Drawing evidence from phylogenetic reconstructions fossil record, demonstrate is prevalent across tree life throughout deep time. These observations lead us to consider might shaped nascent living systems buffering stochastic processes small populations, protecting against large-scale planetary disturbances, aiding dispersal patchy landscapes facilitating adaptive radiations. Given fundamental easily evolved property also likely be feature elsewhere universe.

Language: Английский

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A Game of Life with dormancy DOI Creative Commons

Daniel Henrik Nevermann,

Claudius Gros, Jay T. Lennon

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Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 292(2039)

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

The factors contributing to the persistence and stability of life are fundamental for understanding complex living systems. Organisms commonly challenged by harsh fluctuating environments that suboptimal growth reproduction, which can lead extinction. Many species contend with unfavourable noisy conditions entering a reversible state reduced metabolic activity, phenomenon known as dormancy. Here, we develop Spore Life, model investigate effects dormancy on population dynamics. It is based Conway’s Game Life (GoL), deterministic cellular automaton where simple rules govern an individual its neighbours. For individuals would otherwise die, provides refuge in form inactive state. These dormant (spores) resuscitate when local improve. includes parameter α ∈ [ 0,1 form="postfix" stretchy="false">] controls survival probability spores, interpolating between GoL ( = 0 ) 1 ), while capturing stochastic dynamics intermediate regime < ). In addition identifying emergence unique periodic configurations, find spore increases average number active buffers populations from Contrary expectations, stabilization not result large long-lived seed bank. Instead, demographic patterns only require small resuscitation events. Our approach yields novel insight into what minimally required origins behaviours associated banks they generate.

Language: Английский

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A Metacommunity Approach to Improve Biological Assessments in Highly Dynamic Freshwater Ecosystems DOI Creative Commons
Núria Cid, Núria Bonada, Jani Heino

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BioScience, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 70(5), P. 427 - 438

Published: March 6, 2020

Rapid shifts in biotic communities due to environmental variability challenge the detection of anthropogenic impacts by current biomonitoring programs. Metacommunity ecology has potential inform such programs, because it combines dispersal processes with niche-based approaches and recognizes community composition. Using intermittent rivers-prevalent highly dynamic ecosystems that sometimes dry-we develop a conceptual model illustrate how limitation flow intermittence influence performance biological indices. We produce methodological framework integrating physical- organismal-based measurements into predictive modeling, development ecological quality assessments. Such metacommunity-based could be extended other are required underpin our capacity monitor protect threatened under future changes.

Language: Английский

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Principles of seed banks and the emergence of complexity from dormancy DOI Creative Commons
Jay T. Lennon, Frank den Hollander, Maite Wilke-Berenguer

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Nature Communications, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 12(1)

Published: Aug. 10, 2021

Abstract Across the tree of life, populations have evolved capacity to contend with suboptimal conditions by engaging in dormancy, whereby individuals enter a reversible state reduced metabolic activity. The resulting seed banks are complex, storing information and imparting memory that gives rise multi-scale structures networks spanning collections cells entire ecosystems. We outline fundamental attributes emergent phenomena associated dormancy banks, vision for unifying mathematically based framework can address problems life sciences, ranging from global change cancer biology.

Language: Английский

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Ecological and Evolutionary Implications of Microbial Dispersal DOI Creative Commons
Gordon Custer,

Luana Bresciani,

Francisco Dini‐Andreote

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Frontiers in Microbiology, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 13

Published: April 6, 2022

Dispersal is simply defined as the movement of species across space and time. Despite this terse definition, dispersal an essential process with direct ecological evolutionary implications that modulate community assembly turnover. Seminal studies have shown environmental context (e.g., local edaphic properties, resident community), timing frequency, traits, collectively account for patterns distribution resulting in either their persistence or unsuccessful establishment within communities. key importance process, relatively little known about how operates microbiomes divergent systems types. Here, we discuss parallels macro- micro-organismal ecology a focus on idiosyncrasies may lead to novel mechanisms by which affects structure function microbiomes. Within implications, revise short- long-distance microbial through active passive mechanisms, coalescence, these align recent advances metacommunity theory. Conversely, enumerate can affect diversification rates promoting gene influxes communities and/or shifting genes allele frequencies

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A framework for integrating microbial dispersal modes into soil ecosystem ecology DOI Creative Commons
Mallory J. Choudoir, Kristen M. DeAngelis

iScience, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 25(3), P. 103887 - 103887

Published: Feb. 10, 2022

Dispersal is a fundamental community assembly process that maintains soil microbial biodiversity across spatial and temporal scales, yet the impact of dispersal on ecosystem function largely unpredictable. unique in it contributes to both ecological evolutionary processes shaped by deterministic stochastic forces. The ecosystem-level ramifications outcomes are further compounded dormancy dynamics environmental selection. Here we review knowledge gaps challenges remain defining how dispersal, filtering, interact influence relationship between structure soils. We propose classification into three categories, through vegetative or active cells, dormant acellular each with spatiotemporal trait associations. This conceptual framework should improve integration structure-function relationships.

Language: Английский

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Evolution and Community Assembly Across Spatial Scales DOI Open Access

Mathew A. Leibold,

Lynn Govaert, Nicolas Loeuille

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Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 53(1), P. 299 - 326

Published: Aug. 17, 2022

The finding that adaptive evolution can often be substantial enough to alter ecological dynamics challenges traditional views of community ecology ignore evolution. Here, we propose might commonly both local and regional processes assembly. We show how adaptation substantially affect assembly these effects depend on (metacommunity) factors, including environmental heterogeneity its spatial structure. In particular, early colonists arrive from a nearby community, adapt conditions, subsequently the establishment or abundance late-arriving species, producing an evolutionary priority effect. also discuss interaction type relative rates colonization, evolution, interactions determine divergent outcomes. describe new conceptual approaches provide insights into statistical methods better evaluate their importance. Overall, demonstrate accounting for during opens up novel ways making progress fundamental questions in ecology.

Language: Английский

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Dormancy dampens the microbial distance–decay relationship DOI Open Access
Kenneth J. Locey, Mario E. Muscarella, Megan L. Larsen

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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 375(1798), P. 20190243 - 20190243

Published: March 23, 2020

Much of Earth's biodiversity has the capacity to engage in dormancy, a reversible state reduced metabolic activity. By increasing resilience unfavourable conditions, dormancy leads accumulation ‘seed banks’. These reservoirs genetic and phenotypic diversity should diminish strength environmental filtering increase rates dispersal. Although prevalent among single-celled organisms, evidence that influences patterns microbial biogeography is lacking. We constructed geographical distance–decay relationships (DDRs) for total (DNA) active (RNA) portions bacterial communities regional-scale 16S rRNA survey forested ponds Indiana, USA. As predicted, harboured greater exhibited weaker DDRs than communities. observations were robust random resampling different community metrics. To evaluate processes underlying biogeographic patterns, we developed platform mechanistic models used coordinates characteristics our study system. Based on more 10 6 simulations, approximated empirical when there was strong along with presence long-lived seed banks. contrast, inclusion dispersal generally decreased model performance. Together, findings support recent theoretical predictions banks can influence This article part theme issue ‘Conceptual challenges ecology’.

Language: Английский

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The Microbial Conveyor Belt: Connecting the Globe through Dispersion and Dormancy DOI Creative Commons
Mireia Mestre, Juan Höfer

Trends in Microbiology, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 29(6), P. 482 - 492

Published: Dec. 3, 2020

Language: Английский

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The internal structure of metacommunities DOI
Mathew A. Leibold, F. Javiera Rudolph, F. Guillaume Blanchet

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Oikos, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 2022(1)

Published: Oct. 19, 2021

Current analyses of metacommunity data largely focus on global attributes across the entire metacommunity, such as mean alpha, beta, and gamma diversity, well partitioning compositional variation into single estimates contributions space environmental effects and, more recently, possible species interactions. However, this view neglects fact that different sites in landscape can vary widely how they contribute to these metacommunity‐wide attributes. We argue for a new conceptual framework with matched analytics goals studying complex interactive relations between process pattern metacommunities is focused among which we call ‘internal structure' metacommunity. To demonstrate internal structure could be studied, create synthetic using process‐based colonization–extinction model. then use joint distribution models estimate space, environment, biotic interactions driving assembly differ sites. find approach provides useful information about distinct ways structure. Although it has limitations, our work points at general understand other complexities might affect thus incorporated cohesive theory.

Language: Английский

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