Settlement Patterns and Temporal Successions of Coral Reef Cryptic Communities Affect Diversity Assessments Using Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS)

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Journal Sci Rep

Specialty Science

Date 2024 Nov 7

PMID 39511226

Authors

Marion Couedel

Agnes Dettai

Mireille M M Guillaume

Celine Bonillo

Baptiste Frattini

J Henrich Bruggemann

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Abstract

Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) are used worldwide to assess cryptic diversity, especially on coral reefs. They were developed as standardised tools, yet conditions of deployment, such as immersion duration and/or deployment and retrieval seasons, vary among studies. Here we studied temporal and seasonal variability in coral reef cryptic communities sampled with 15 ARMS on a single coral reef slope site at Reunion Island, Southwest Indian Ocean. Settlement patterns and temporal succession of Eukaryote communities were investigated across three immersion times (6 months, 1 year, 2 years), two immersion seasons (hot vs. cool) and three fractions (500-2000 μm, 106-500 μm, sessile) using two genetic markers (18S, COI). Both markers detected different taxa with different resolutions, but broadly similar patterns of community composition and structure. While OTU diversity of communities did not change with immersion time and season, these parameters significantly affected community structure and composition. Our results showed a decrease of the similarity of ARMS communities with duration of immersion, and a strong temporal turnover of species with only a small proportion of the diversity persisting over time. The small proportion of OTUs assigned at phylum level highlights the uniqueness of the Mascarene cryptobiome.

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