A food web including parasites for kelp forests of the Santa Barbara Channel, California

被引：10

作者：

Morton, Dana N. ^{[1
,2
]}

Antonino, Cristiana Y. ^{[3
]}

Broughton, Farallon J. ^{[3
]}

Dykman, Lauren N. ^{[1
]}

Kuris, Armand M. ^{[1
,2
]}

Lafferty, Kevin D. ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Ecol Evolut & Marine Biol, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA

[2] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Marine Sci Inst, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA

[3] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Coll Creat Studies, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA

[4] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Marine Sci Inst, US Geol Survey, Western Ecol Res Ctr, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA

来源：

SCIENTIFIC DATA | 2021年 / 8卷 / 01期

基金：

美国海洋和大气管理局; 美国国家航空航天局;

关键词：

TROPHIC INTERACTIONS; DIVERSITY; FISH; VISUALIZATION; BIOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIFICITY;

D O I：

10.1038/s41597-021-00880-4

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

We built a high-resolution topological food web for the kelp forests of the Santa Barbara Channel, California, USA that includes parasites and significantly improves resolution compared to previous webs. The 1,098 nodes and 21,956 links in the web describe an economically, socially, and ecologically vital system. Nodes are broken into life-stages, with 549 free-living life-stages (492 species from 21 Phyla) and 549 parasitic life-stages (450 species from 10 Phyla). Links represent three kinds of trophic interactions, with 9,352 predator-prey links, 2,733 parasite-host links and 9,871 predator-parasite links. All decisions for including nodes and links are documented, and extensive metadata in the node list allows users to filter the node list to suit their research questions. The kelp-forest food web is more species-rich than any other published food web with parasites, and it has the largest proportion of parasites. Our food web may be used to predict how kelp forests may respond to change, will advance our understanding of parasites in ecosystems, and fosters development of theory that incorporates large networks.

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