Centers of endemism of freshwater protists deviate from pattern of taxon richness on a continental scale.

ABSTRACT: Here, we analyzed patterns of taxon richness and endemism of freshwater protists in Europe. Even though the significance of physicochemical parameters but also of geographic constraints for protist distribution is documented, it remains unclear where regional areas of high protist diversity are located and whether areas of high taxon richness harbor a high proportion of endemics. Further, patterns may be universal for protists or deviate between taxonomic groups. Based on amplicon sequencing campaigns targeting the SSU and ITS region of the rDNA we address these patterns at two different levels of phylogenetic resolution. Our analyses demonstrate that protists have restricted geographical distribution areas. For many taxonomic groups the regions of high taxon richness deviate from those ha

SUBMITTER: Olefeld JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7468153 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature