Progress in ‘taxonomic sufficiency’ in aquatic biological investigations
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-21, 14:49authored byChen, X, Han, M, Liang, Y, Zhao, W, Wu, Y, Sun, Y, Shao, H, Andrew McMinnAndrew McMinn, Zhu, L, Wang, M
The ‘taxonomic sufficiency’ (TS) approach has been applied to algae, protists, invertebrates, and vertebrates, generally by aggregating species-level abundance data to a higher taxonomic level, where genus-level data are often highly correlated with species-level data and are a valid proxy level. The TS approach offers the possibility of a comparison of data from different geographical areas and highlights the effects of contaminants. The TS approach is stable in the face of different researchers and in the comparison of long-term biological survey data. The effectiveness of the TS approach may increase with increasing environmental gradients or spatial area. The TS approach should be avoided when the spatial area is small and small differences in species-level data are considered important, so as not to cancel out the distribution patterns specific to the local environment of the biological taxa.
History
Publication title
Marine Pollution Bulletin
Volume
185
Article number
114192
Number
114192
Pagination
1-9
ISSN
0025-326X
Department/School
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies
Publisher
Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd
Place of publication
The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford, England, Ox5 1Gb