The Ubiquity of Small Species: Patterns of Local and Global Diversity

By T. Fenchel, B. Finlay. 2004

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Paleontology

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No ‘home’ versus ‘away’ effects of decomposition found in a grassland–forest reciprocal litter transplant study (2011, background): “However, implicit in that approach is that either decomposer organisms are widely dispersed (Anderson, 1977; Fenchel and Finlay, 2004; Finlay and Fenchel, 2004; Hillebrand, 2004) thus finding their preferred food resources but performing at a level regulated by the environment, or that soil organism”
The diversity and distribution of diatoms: from cosmopolitanism to narrow endemism (2008, background): “According to advocates of the ubiquity hypothesis (Finlay 2002), the vast population sizes of micro-organisms drive ubiquitous dispersal (Baas-Becking 1934) and make local extinction virtually impossible (Fenchel and Finlay 2004).”
The ecology of freshwater epipelic algae: an update (2008, background): “Ubiquitous distributional patterns were demonstrated in different protist groups (Fenchel & Finlay 2004; Finlay et al. 2004).”
Metagenetic analysis of patterns of distribution and diversity of marine meiobenthic eukaryotes (2014, background): “The evident selection for habitat found in meiobenthic communities, and thus high endemism, contrasts with the patterns found generally in protists, because most ‘microorganisms can be found everywhere’ (Fenchel & Finlay, 2004).”
The exploration of marine biodiversity: scientific and technological challenges (2006, background): “138 Genomics Europe, the national programme (Groupement d’Intérêts Scientifiques) Marine Génomique, the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique and the Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris.”
Kentish Versus Snowy Plover: Phenotypic and Genetic Analyses of Charadrius alexandrinus Reveal Divergence of Eurasian and American Subspecies (2009, background): “Many cosmopolitan species are found among parasites, invertebrates, marine vertebrates, and small organisms (Klautau et al. 1999, Fenchel and Finlay 2004, Bleidorn et al. 2006).”
Diversity and endemism in Rotifera: a review, and Keratella Bory de St Vincent (2008, background): “…less than 1 mm, seem to corroborate the ancient adagio (e.g. Jennings 1900; Rousselet 1909) that such organisms are potentially cosmopolitan, and that it is the environment that determines the diversity and composition of local communities (Baas-Becking 1934; Finlay 2002; Fenchel and Finlay 2004).”
Global patterns of moss diversity: taxonomic and molecular inferences (2005, background): “Small species tend to have cosmopolitan distributions and the slopes of species-area curves decrease with body size (Fenchel & Finlay, 2004).”
Pseudo-nitzschia pungens (Bacillariophyceae): A cosmopolitan diatom species? (2008, background): “most microorganisms are cosmopolitan, because their vegetative cells or propagules may have virtually unlimited dispersal potential (Finlay, 2002; Fenchel and Finlay, 2004 ).”
Body size and dispersal mode as key traits determining metacommunity structure of aquatic organisms. (2012, background): “…example, the large size of microbial populations renders them less sensitive to drift effects and local extinctions (Blackburn & Gaston 1999) and enables the production of higher numbers of propagules, which increases the potential for dispersal events (Fenchel & Finlay 2004; Martiny et al. 2006).”
Revisiting Remane’s concept: evidence for high plankton diversity and a protistan species maximum in the horohalinicum of the Baltic Sea (2011, background): “Such a large taxonomic diversity in ciliates may be attributed to the ubiquity of free-living protists in the temperate climatic zone in general (Fenchel & Finlay 2004), although this ‘everything is everywhere’ concept has been debated in recent years (Fuhrman 2009).”
Protist diversity and distribution: some basic considerations (2008, background): “The current literature discusses two possibilities of protist distribution, viz., the “ubiquity model” of Finlay and Fenchel (Finlay et al. 1996; Fenchel and Finlay 2004 ) and the “moderate endemicity model” of Foissner (1999, 2004, 2006).”