Distribution and co-occurrence patterns of charophytes and angiosperms in the northern Baltic Sea.

ABSTRACT: The distribution data of 11 soft substrate charophyte and angiosperm species were analyzed. Our study aimed to elucidate the co-occurrence patterns among these sympatric macrophyte species and quantify their distribution areas. The central hypothesis of this study proposed that the observed co-occurrence patterns among the studied species deviate from what would be expected by random chance. Macrophyte occurrence data was derived from an extensive field sampling database. Environmental variables available as georeferenced raster layers including topographical, hydrodynamic, geological, physical, chemical, and biological variables were used as predictor variables in the random forest models to predict the spatial distribution of the species. Permutation tests revealed statistically signific

SUBMITTER: Herkul K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10654418 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature