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Use of a broad β-diversity measure of pelagic ciliate communities for assessing vertical heterogeneity of water columns in the Pacific Arctic Ocean

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Multivariate dispersion has proven to be a broad β-diversity measure that shows the heterogeneity of environmental conditions. The dispersion patterns of pelagic ciliate communities were investigated at eight water depths in the northern Bering Sea of the western Arctic Ocean and Chukchi Sea. Multivariate analysis indicated that (1) pelagic ciliates showed significant variability in multivariate dispersion on a vertical scale, (2) dispersion patterns were shaped by both the species composition and individual abundance, (3) vertical variation in species occurrence was significantly related to nutrients and chlorophyll a, and (4) the dispersion measures at both species occurrence and species abundance resolutions were significantly negatively related to salinity and dissolved oxygen. This suggests that multivariate dispersion measures driven by both species composition and the individual abundance of pelagic ciliates may be a useful indicator of environmental heterogeneity in marine ecosystems.

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The authors thank the captain and crew of the IBRV ARAON who were most helpful in all shipboard operations.

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This research was a part of the project titled “Korea-Arctic Ocean Observing System” (K-AOOS, KOPRI, 20160245) funded by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Korea.

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    Guangjian Xu, Eun Jin Yang, Youngju Lee & Sung-Ho Kang

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Xu, G., Yang, E.J., Lee, Y. et al. Use of a broad β-diversity measure of pelagic ciliate communities for assessing vertical heterogeneity of water columns in the Pacific Arctic Ocean. Environ Sci Pollut Res 27, 38769–38775 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-09753-6

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