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Reconstructing the ecology of a Jurassic pseudoplanktonic megaraft colony
bioRxiv - Paleontology Pub Date : 2019-04-25 , DOI: 10.1101/566844
Aaron W. Hunter , David Casenove , Emily G. Mitchell , Celia Mayers

Pseudoplanktonic crinoid megaraft colonies are an enigma of the Jurassic. They are among the largest in-situ invertebrate accumulations ever to exist in the Phanerozoic fossil record. These megaraft colonies and are thought to have developed as floating filter-feeding communities due to an exceptionally rich relatively predator free oceanic niche, high in the water column enabling them to reach high densities on these log rafts. However, this pseudoplanktonic hypothesis has never actually been quantitatively tested and some researchers have cast doubt that this mode of life was even possible. The ecological structure of the crinoid colony is resolved using spatial point process techniques and its longevity using moisture diffusion models. Using spatial analysis we found that the crinoids would have trailed preferentially positioned at the back of migrating structures in the regions of least resistance, consistent with a floating, not benthic ecology. Additionally, we found using a series of moisture diffusion models at different log densities and sizes that ecosystem collapse did not take place solely due to colonies becoming overladen as previously assumed. We have found that these crinoid colonies studied could have existed for greater than 10 years, even up to 20 years exceeding the life expectancy of modern documented megaraft systems with implications for the role of modern raft communities in the biotic colonisation of oceanic islands and intercontinental dispersal of marine and terrestrial species.

中文翻译:

重建侏罗纪假浮游巨生物群落的生态

伪浮游类海百合巨筏集落是侏罗纪的一个谜。它们是生代化石记录中有史以来最大的原地无脊椎动物堆积物。这些巨型筏殖民地被认为已发展成为漂浮的滤食性群落,这是由于其异常丰富的相对掠食性自由的海洋生态位而形成的,这些生态位在水柱高处,使它们能够在这些原木筏上达到高密度。但是,这种伪浮游生物假说从未得到过实际的定量检验,一些研究人员对此种生活方式是否可行表示怀疑。利用空间点处理技术解析了海百合群落的生态结构,并利用水分扩散模型确定了其寿命。通过空间分析,我们发现,海百合将优先定位在阻力最小的区域中迁移结构的后面,这与漂浮而不是底栖的生态学一致。此外,我们发现在不同的对数密度和大小下使用一系列水分扩散模型,发现生态系统崩溃并非仅由于先前假设的群落被覆盖而发生。我们发现,研究的这些海藻类菌落可能已经存在超过10年,甚至超过了现代文献记载的巨型筏系统的预期寿命长达20年,这对现代筏群落在海洋岛屿生物殖民化和洲际扩散中的作用产生了影响海洋和陆地物种。符合浮动而非底栖生态。此外,我们发现在不同的对数密度和大小下使用一系列水分扩散模型,发现生态系统崩溃并非仅由于先前假设的群落被覆盖而发生。我们发现,研究的这些海藻类菌落可能已经存在超过10年,甚至超过了现代文献记载的巨型筏系统的预期寿命长达20年,这对现代筏群落在海洋岛屿生物殖民化和洲际扩散中的作用产生了影响海洋和陆地物种。符合浮动而非底栖生态。此外,我们发现在不同的对数密度和大小下使用一系列水分扩散模型,发现生态系统崩溃并非仅由于先前假设的群落被覆盖而发生。我们发现,研究的这些海藻类菌落可能已经存在超过10年,甚至超过了现代文献记载的巨型筏系统的预期寿命长达20年,这对现代筏群落在海洋岛屿生物殖民化和洲际扩散中的作用产生了影响海洋和陆地物种。
更新日期:2019-04-25
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