Predator control of marine communities increases with temperature across 115 degrees of latitude

Author:

Ashton Gail V.1ORCID,Freestone Amy L.123ORCID,Duffy J. Emmett4ORCID,Torchin Mark E.35ORCID,Sewall Brent J.2ORCID,Tracy Brianna16ORCID,Albano Mariano7ORCID,Altieri Andrew H.38ORCID,Altvater Luciana9ORCID,Bastida-Zavala Rolando10ORCID,Bortolus Alejandro11ORCID,Brante Antonio1213ORCID,Bravo Viviana3ORCID,Brown Norah1415ORCID,Buschmann Alejandro H.16ORCID,Buskey Edward17ORCID,Barrera Rosita Calderón18ORCID,Cheng Brian19ORCID,Collin Rachel3ORCID,Coutinho Ricardo9,De Gracia Luis1213ORCID,Dias Gustavo M.20ORCID,DiBacco Claudio21ORCID,Flores Augusto A. V.22ORCID,Haddad Maria Angélica23ORCID,Hoffman Zvi24ORCID,Erquiaga Bruno Ibañez25ORCID,Janiak Dean26ORCID,Campeán Analí Jiménez2728ORCID,Keith Inti18ORCID,Leclerc Jean-Charles1229ORCID,Lecompte-Pérez Orlando Pedro30ORCID,Longo Guilherme Ortigara31ORCID,Matthews-Cascon Helena32ORCID,McKenzie Cynthia H.33ORCID,Miller Jessica34ORCID,Munizaga Martín353637ORCID,Naval-Xavier Lais P. D.9ORCID,Navarrete Sergio A.38ORCID,Otálora Carlos30ORCID,Palomino-Alvarez Lilian A.3940ORCID,Palomo Maria Gabriela41ORCID,Patrick Chris42ORCID,Pegau Cormack43ORCID,Pereda Sandra V.16ORCID,Rocha Rosana M.23ORCID,Rumbold Carlos44,Sánchez Carlos24ORCID,Sanjuan-Muñoz Adolfo30ORCID,Schlöder Carmen3ORCID,Schwindt Evangelina45ORCID,Seemann Janina346ORCID,Shanks Alan47,Simoes Nuno404849ORCID,Skinner Luis50ORCID,Suárez-Mozo Nancy Yolimar3940ORCID,Thiel Martin353637ORCID,Valdivia Nelson2951ORCID,Velez-Zuazo Ximena52ORCID,Vieira Edson A.31ORCID,Vildoso Bruno53ORCID,Wehrtmann Ingo S.54ORCID,Whalen Matt41455ORCID,Wilbur Lynn56ORCID,Ruiz Gregory M.1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Tiburon, CA and Edgewater, MD, USA.

2. Department of Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

3. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancon, Republic of Panama.

4. Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network and MarineGEO program, Smithsonian Institution, Edgewater, MD, USA.

5. Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.

6. United States Naval Academy Oceanography Department, Annapolis, MD, USA.

7. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC-CONICET), Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.

8. Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences, Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.

9. Department of Marine Biotechnology, Instituto de Estudos do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreira, Arraial do Cabo, RJ, Brazil.

10. Laboratorio de Sistemática de Invertebrados Marinos (LABSIM), Universidad del Mar, campus Puerto Angel, Oaxaca, Mexico.

11. Instituto Patagónico para el Estudio de los Ecosistemas Continentales (IPEEC-CONICET), Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina.

12. Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción, Chile.

13. Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Ambientes Sustenables (CIBAS), Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción, Chile.

14. Hakai Institute, Heriot Bay, BC, Canada.

15. School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.

16. Centro i-mar and CeBiB, Universidad de Los Lagos, Puerto Montt, Chile.

17. Mission-Aransas NERR, University of Texas Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas, TX, USA.

18. Charles Darwin Research Station, Charles Darwin Foundation, Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador.

19. Gloucester Marine Station, Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA.

20. Universidade Federal do ABC, São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil.

21. Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Dartmouth, NS, Canada.

22. Centre for Marine Biology, University of São Paulo, São Sebastião, SP, Brazil.

23. Zoology Department, University Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.

24. Departamento de Ciencias Marinas y Costeras, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, La Paz, BCS, Mexico.

25. Departamento de Química y Biología, Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima, Peru.

26. Smithsonian Marine Station, Fort Pierce, FL, USA.

27. Laboratorio MARINAR, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru.

28. Asociacion Conservaccion, Lima, Peru.

29. Centro FONDAP de Investigación de Dinámicas de Ecosistemas Marinos de Altas Latitudes (IDEAL), Chile.

30. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Ingeniería, Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Santa Marta, Colombia.

31. Departamento de Oceanografia e Limnologia, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

32. Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.

33. Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, St. John’s, NL Canada.

34. Oregon State University, Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment Station, Newport, OR, USA.

35. Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile.

36. Millennium Nucleus Ecology and Sustainable Management of Oceanic Island (ESMOI), Coquimbo, Chile.

37. Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas (CEAZA), Coquimbo, Chile.

38. Estación Costera de Investigaciones Marinas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Las Cruces, Chile.

39. Posgrado en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad de México, México.

40. Unidad Multidisciplinaria de Docencia e Investigación Sisal (UMDI-SISAL), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Yucatán, México.

41. Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia, CONICET, Argentina.

42. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, VA, USA.

43. Oil Spill Recovery Institute/PWSSC, Cordova, AK, USA.

44. CIT Santa Cruz (CONICET-UNPA), IlMyC (CONICET-FCEyN, UNMdP), Argentina.

45. Instituto de Biología de Organismos Marinos (IBIOMAR-CONICET), Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina.

46. Zukunft Umwelt Gesellschaft (ZUG) gGmbH, International Climate Initiative, Berlin, Germany.

47. University of Oregon, Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, Charleston, OR, USA.

48. Laboratorio Nacional de Resiliencia Costera (LANRESC), CONACYT, Sisal, Yucatan, Mexico.

49. International Chair for Ocean and Coastal Studies, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi (TAMUCC), Corpus Christi, Texas, USA.

50. Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

51. Instituto de Ciencias Marinas y Limnológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Campus Isla Teja, Valdivia, Chile.

52. Center for Conservation and Sustainability, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Washington, DC, USA.

53. Hunt LNG Operating Company, Peru.

54. Centro de Investigación en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología (CIMAR), San José, Costa Rica.

55. Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, BC, Canada.

56. University of Aberdeen, Oceanlab, Aberdeen, Scotland.

Abstract

Early naturalists suggested that predation intensity increases toward the tropics, affecting fundamental ecological and evolutionary processes by latitude, but empirical support is still limited. Several studies have measured consumption rates across latitude at large scales, with variable results. Moreover, how predation affects prey community composition at such geographic scales remains unknown. Using standardized experiments that spanned 115° of latitude, at 36 nearshore sites along both coasts of the Americas, we found that marine predators have both higher consumption rates and consistently stronger impacts on biomass and species composition of marine invertebrate communities in warmer tropical waters, likely owing to fish predators. Our results provide robust support for a temperature-dependent gradient in interaction strength and have potential implications for how marine ecosystems will respond to ocean warming.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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