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Diatom metacommunity processes in thermo-mineral springs in the Auvergne Region, France

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Thermo-mineral springs are specific ecosystems with extreme environmental conditions that constitute interesting models for studying metacommunity processes. Since these springs can be considered as islands within a terrestrial context, we first aimed to test some predictions of the theory of island biogeography and the distance-decay hypothesis on benthic diatom communities. Then, we aimed to quantify the influence of physical, chemical, climatic and spatial factors on species assemblages. We evaluated the species-area relationship for all springs and for several group of springs classified according to their environmental and hydrochemical composition. The influence of environmental variables on α-diversity was tested. We also investigated whether β-diversity was related to spring isolation or changes in environmental conditions. Finally, we determined the importance of environmental and spatial variables in shaping diatom communities using ordination and variation partitioning. We did not find any species-area relationship whatever the group of springs investigated, and no geographical distance-decay pattern was observed. We found a significant effect of physical and chemical parameters on α-diversity and composition. Thus, diatoms communities of thermo-mineral springs did not seem to be influenced by dispersal processes at the scale of our study but appeared to be patterned by physical and chemical factors.

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The datasets of this study could be freely download at: https://doi.org/10.48579/PRO/WKEMQA and https://doi.org/10.48579/PRO/CUJRYY.

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Acknowledgements

The authors thank Gwilherm Jan for his advice on the choice and use of field equipment and Sébastien Boutry and Bertrand Villeneuve for their assistance with statistical analyses. We also greatly thank the Conservatoire des Espaces Naturels d’Auvergne for the access to the managed springs. We finally greatly thank the editor and the reviewers for their constructive comments that greatly improved the manuscript.

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Funding for this research was partly provided by the SIVU Couze Chambon amont, Communauté de communes du Massif du Sancy, and Fontaines Pétrifiantes of Saint-Nectaire, by the “Fédération des Recherches en Environnement” of Clermont-Ferrand (UBP/CNRS FR 3467/INRA), by Clermont-Auvergne Métropole, by the project OBLA (Réseau d’Observation de la Biodiversité de la Loire et de ses Affluents) of the ZAL (Zone Atelier Loire) and in the framework of the project DIATOMS (LIST—Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology).

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  1. Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, 63000, Clermont-Ferrand, GEOLAB, France

    Pierre Gosseaume, Aude Beauger, Olivier Voldoire & Elisabeth Allain

  2. INRAE, UR EABX, 50 Avenue de Verdun, 33612, Cestas Cedex, France

    Pierre Gosseaume & Aurélien Jamoneau

  3. Environmental Research and Innovation Department (ERIN), Observatory for Climate, Environment and Biodiversity (OCEB), Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 41 Rue du Brill, 4422, Belvaux, Luxembourg

    Carlos E. Wetzel

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Gosseaume, P., Beauger, A., Voldoire, O. et al. Diatom metacommunity processes in thermo-mineral springs in the Auvergne Region, France. Hydrobiologia (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-024-05512-7

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