High resolution time series reveals cohesive but short-lived communities in coastal plankton
Because microbial plankton in the ocean comprise diverse bacteria, algae, and protists that are subject to environmental forcing on multiple spatial and temporal scales, a fundamental open question is to what extent these organisms form ecologically cohesive communities. Here we show that although a...
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| author | Cleary, Brian McGillicuddy, Dennis J. Martin Platero, Antonio Kauffman, Anne Kathryn Marie Preheim, Sarah P. Alm, Eric J Polz, Martin F |
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| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering Cleary, Brian McGillicuddy, Dennis J. Martin Platero, Antonio Kauffman, Anne Kathryn Marie Preheim, Sarah P. Alm, Eric J Polz, Martin F |
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| description | Because microbial plankton in the ocean comprise diverse bacteria, algae, and protists that are subject to environmental forcing on multiple spatial and temporal scales, a fundamental open question is to what extent these organisms form ecologically cohesive communities. Here we show that although all taxa undergo large, near daily fluctuations in abundance, microbial plankton are organized into clearly defined communities whose turnover is rapid and sharp. We analyze a time series of 93 consecutive days of coastal plankton using a technique that allows inference of communities as modular units of interacting taxa by determining positive and negative correlations at different temporal frequencies. This approach shows both coordinated population expansions that demarcate community boundaries and high frequency of positive and negative associations among populations within communities. Our analysis thus highlights that the environmental variability of the coastal ocean is mirrored in sharp transitions of defined but ephemeral communities of organisms. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1152952022-09-28T12:37:00Z High resolution time series reveals cohesive but short-lived communities in coastal plankton Cleary, Brian McGillicuddy, Dennis J. Martin Platero, Antonio Kauffman, Anne Kathryn Marie Preheim, Sarah P. Alm, Eric J Polz, Martin F Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Martin Platero, Antonio Kauffman, Anne Kathryn Marie Preheim, Sarah P. Alm, Eric J Polz, Martin F Because microbial plankton in the ocean comprise diverse bacteria, algae, and protists that are subject to environmental forcing on multiple spatial and temporal scales, a fundamental open question is to what extent these organisms form ecologically cohesive communities. Here we show that although all taxa undergo large, near daily fluctuations in abundance, microbial plankton are organized into clearly defined communities whose turnover is rapid and sharp. We analyze a time series of 93 consecutive days of coastal plankton using a technique that allows inference of communities as modular units of interacting taxa by determining positive and negative correlations at different temporal frequencies. This approach shows both coordinated population expansions that demarcate community boundaries and high frequency of positive and negative associations among populations within communities. Our analysis thus highlights that the environmental variability of the coastal ocean is mirrored in sharp transitions of defined but ephemeral communities of organisms. National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant OCE-1441943) United States. Department of Energy (Grant DESC0013999) 2018-05-10T17:33:44Z 2018-05-10T17:33:44Z 2018-01 2017-04 2018-04-27T13:57:27Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 2041-1723 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/115295 Martin-Platero, Antonio M. et al. “High Resolution Time Series Reveals Cohesive but Short-Lived Communities in Coastal Plankton.” Nature Communications 9, 1 (January 2018): 266 © 2018 The Author(s) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1997-947X https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8294-9364 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9296-3733 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02571-4 Nature Communications Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ application/pdf Nature Publishing Group Nature Communications |
| spellingShingle | Cleary, Brian McGillicuddy, Dennis J. Martin Platero, Antonio Kauffman, Anne Kathryn Marie Preheim, Sarah P. Alm, Eric J Polz, Martin F High resolution time series reveals cohesive but short-lived communities in coastal plankton |
| title | High resolution time series reveals cohesive but short-lived communities in coastal plankton |
| title_full | High resolution time series reveals cohesive but short-lived communities in coastal plankton |
| title_fullStr | High resolution time series reveals cohesive but short-lived communities in coastal plankton |
| title_full_unstemmed | High resolution time series reveals cohesive but short-lived communities in coastal plankton |
| title_short | High resolution time series reveals cohesive but short-lived communities in coastal plankton |
| title_sort | high resolution time series reveals cohesive but short lived communities in coastal plankton |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/115295 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1997-947X https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8294-9364 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9296-3733 |
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