Richness of marine invertebrate communities across latitude with exposure to predation (Competition and Predation across Latitude)

<p>Richness of sessile marine invertebrates from coastal sites across a latitudinal gradient spanning the subarctic to the tropics. Invertebrate communities developed under low predation for three or 12 months within cages and then underwent exposure to predation or were re-caged as controls. This experiment provided an assessment of predation impact on mature communities to complement predator exclusion experiments that measured impact of predators on prey community assembly.</p>

横跨亚北极至热带的纬度梯度沿岸生境中固着海洋无脊椎动物的物种丰富度数据。本实验中，无脊椎动物群落先在网笼内于低捕食压力环境下发育3或12个月，随后或暴露于捕食者环境，或作为对照组重新置入网笼。本实验旨在评估捕食作用对成熟群落的影响，以补充此前通过捕食者排除实验开展的、针对捕食者对猎物群落组装过程影响的相关研究。