Joint species distribution models reveal taxon-specific sensitivities to potential anthropogenic alteration.

ABSTRACT: Taxon-environment relationships can elucidate a taxon's tolerance or sensitivity to specific environmental conditions. We use a joint species distribution modeling framework to quantify relationships between ~1700 benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages across the contiguous United States and several environmental gradients that are susceptible to human alteration (e.g., nutrients, salinity, physical habitat, and climate). We found that the predicted occurrence probability for sampling units where a taxon actually occurs was 0.15 to 0.24 greater than the predicted occurrence probability for sampling units where a taxon does not occur, and a relatively large percentage (32-58%) responded to gradients of substrate diameter, mean summer air temperature, or total P. At the assemblage level, genu

SUBMITTER: Kopp DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12013713 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature