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Beta diversity of diatoms is driven by environmental heterogeneity, spatial extent and productivity

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Simultaneous effects of productivity, environmental heterogeneity and spatial extent on beta diversity of microbial communities have seldom been investigated. Here, we evaluated how these components are related to diatom beta diversity in tropical reservoirs. We hypothesised positive relationships between diatom beta diversity and environmental heterogeneity, productivity and spatial extent. Regression models were used to model beta diversity as a function of different measures of abiotic environmental heterogeneity, productivity, reservoir morphology, spatial extent, and habitat heterogeneity. Our results suggest a strong relationship between beta diversity and environmental heterogeneity, productivity and spatial extent. However, contrary to our hypothesis, productivity was negatively related to beta diversity. We speculate that artificial eutrophication can lead to decreased beta diversity (biotic homogenisation). Furthermore, the relationship between beta diversity and abiotic environmental heterogeneity depends how this component was measured. In conclusion, environmental heterogeneity and dispersal limitation were likely the main factors that determined diatom beta diversity in tropical reservoirs.

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This study was carried out within the framework of the AcquaSed project supported by funds from FAPESP (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, AcquaSed Project, nº 2009/53898–9) and was undertaken as part of S.Z.’s Ph.D. thesis (FAPESP doctoral fellowship nº 2013/23703-7 to S.Z.) at the Institute of Botany (São Paulo, Brazil). Funds were also provided by CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, grant 310940/2013–3 and 304314/2014-5 to D.C.B. and L.M.B., respectively). We deeply appreciate the valuable assistance of personnel from the agency in charge of the public water supply in São Paulo - SABESP (Companhia de Saneamento do Estado de São Paulo) and MSc. William de Queiroz for the study area map.

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Zorzal-Almeida, S., Bini, L.M. & Bicudo, D.C. Beta diversity of diatoms is driven by environmental heterogeneity, spatial extent and productivity. Hydrobiologia 800, 7–16 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3117-3

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