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Processes contributing to rotifer community assembly in shallow temporary aridland waters

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Understanding how local conditions and dispersal dynamics structure communities of passively dispersing aquatic invertebrates remains uncertain, especially in aridland systems. In these systems, dispersal is irregular and successful colonization is subject to priority effects. To investigate these factors, we compared rotifer species composition from Chihuahuan Desert rock pools, playas, and tanks. (1) We found 132 species with high beta-dissimilarity among sites (> 0.8). (2) Correlation between species richness and habitat area was significant, but weak, for all sites. (3) Dissimilarity analyses, supported by negative Dispersal-Niche Continuum Index (DNCI) values, showed that stochastic processes dominate community assembly. (4) We examined influence of three important environmental variables on richness and community structure: hydroperiod, algal mat and macrophyte development, and conductivity; we also examined how rotifer trophi type (a functional trait) affected DNCI and identified indicator species. Hydroperiod was important for playas and tanks, but not rock pools. Conductivity had a strong influence. Richness was greatest in habitats with highest amounts of vegetation. Environmental factors explained ~12% of variation in community composition, indicating that while deterministic processes are significant, stochastic processes dominate in these systems. We provide a conceptual model that highlights the distinctive of nature aquatic communities in aridlands compared to temperate regions.

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Acknowledgements

We thank the two reviewers and the editors who made helpful suggestions to improve the manuscript. A. Adabache, R. Galván-De la Rosa, J. and B. Newlin, M. Sigla Arana, P.L. Starkweather, N. Lannutti and many undergraduate and graduate students in the Walsh lab provided field assistance. We collected samples from Méxican sampling sites under permit #09436 from the Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales to M. Silva- Briano. USA samples were collected under permits (to E. Walsh) BIBE-2001-SCI-0058, BIBE-2006-SCI-0003, BIBE-2016-SCI-0057, BIBE-2001-SCI-0012, TPW 02-04, #66-99, #07-02, 2011-13, 2013-01, 2014-01, 2015-03, 2017-R1-19, WHSA-2009-SCI-0011, WHSA-2010-SCI-0008, WHSA-2009-SCI-0011, WHSA-2009-SCI-0-007, WHSA-2012-SCI-0001, WHSA-2014-SCI-0011, and WHSA-2016-SCI-009. We thank the local property owners for permission to sample Ojo de La Casa. H. Segers provided expert review of some of our species identifications.

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Our research was funded, in part, by the following: American Association for the Advancement of Science Women's International Science Collaboration (WISC) travel grant award (Walsh); NSF Grants: DEB #0516032, #1257068, and # 2051704 (UTEP); NSF Advance #0245071 (UTEP); NIH 5G12RR008124; T & E, Inc.; DEB #1257116 and 2051710 (Ripon College); and Funds for Faculty Development (Ripon College). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation or the National Institutes of Health.

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    P. D. Brown, T. Schröder & E. J. Walsh

  2. Departamento de Ciencias Químico Biológicas, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Av. Benjamin Franklin no. 4650, Zona PRONAF, Cd. Juárez, 32315, Chihuahua, México

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    R. Rico-Martinez & M. Silva-Briano

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EJW, RLW, PDB: validation, PDB, EJW, RLW: formal analysis, PDB, RLW, EJW: investigation, EJW, TS, RRM, JVAR, MBS, RLW: resources, EJW, RLW, RRM, MSB, JVRA: data curation, EJW: writing—original draft preparation, RLW, PDB, EJW: writing—review and editing, EJW, TS, RRM, JVRA, MBS, RLW, PDB: project administration, EJW, RLW: funding acquisition, EJW, RLW: All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

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Brown, P.D., Schröder, T., Ríos-Arana, J.V. et al. Processes contributing to rotifer community assembly in shallow temporary aridland waters. Hydrobiologia 849, 3719–3735 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-022-04842-8

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