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This research has been supported by multiple grants and institutions, including Smithsonian Institution Hunterdon and Johnson Fund to G.M.R. and J.E.D.; NSF OCE grant 1434528 to A.L.F., G.M.R., and M.E.T.; financial support from FAPESP 2016/17647-5 and CNPq 308268/2019-9 to G.M.D.; Galapagos Conservancy, Lindblad Expedition/National Geographic Fund, Galapagos Conservation Trust, Paul M. Angell Foundation and Ecoventura, and the Charles Darwin Foundation to I.K.; Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Aquatic Invasive Species Science Program to C.H.M.; ANID-FONDECYT (#1180647) and CeBiB (FB-0001) to A.H.B.; CONICYT-FONDECYT #1190529 and FONDAP #15150003 (IDEAL) to N.V.; ANID (ICN2019_015 and NCN19_05) to S.A.N.; Chilean Millennium Scientific Initiative (ESMOI), Chile, to M.M. and M.T.; ANIDFONDECYT #1190954 to M.T.; the Tula Foundation to M.W. and N.B.; CONICET-PIP 20130100508, ANPCyT-PICT 2016-1083 to E.S. and A.B.; CONICET, PIP 2018-2020. 11220170100643CO to M.A.; CAPES (Finance Code 001) to E.A.V.; FAPESP 2018/11044-2 to A.A.V.F.; CNPq 301601/2016-6 to A.A.V.F.; CNPq 309295/2018-1 to R.M.R.; Serrapilheira Institute (Serra-1708-15364) and CNPq (310517/2019-2) to G.O.L.; CONACyT 2018-00001201NACF-08376 to L.A.P.-A.; CONACyT 2019-000002-01NACF14266 to N.Y.S.-M.; and the Smithsonian Institution through the Tennenbaum Marine Observatory Network. This publication is contribution number 2335 of the Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands and contribution number 103 of the Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network and MarineGEO Program.

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

Publicated to:SCIENCE. 376 (6598): eabc4916-+ - 2022-06-10 376(6598), DOI: 10.1126/science.abc4916

Authors: Ashton, Gail, V; Freestone, Amy L; Duffy, J Emmett; Torchin, Mark E; Sewall, Brent J; Tracy, Brianna; Albano, Mariano; Altieri, Andrew H; Altvater, Luciana; Bastida-Zavala, Rolando; Bortolus, Alejandro; Brante, Antonio; Bravo, Viviana; Brown, Norah; Buschmann, Alejandro H; Buskey, Edward; Calderon Barrera, Rosita; Cheng, Brian; Collin, Rachel; Coutinho, Ricardo; De Gracia, Luis; Dias, Gustavo M; DiBacco, Claudio; Flores, Augusto A, V; Angelica Haddad, Maria; Hoffman, Zvi; Ibanez Erquiaga, Bruno; Janiak, Dean; Jimenez Campean, Anali; Keith, Inti; Leclerc, Jean-Charles; Pedro Lecompte-Perez, Orlando; Ortigara Longo, Guilherme; Matthews-Cascon, Helena; McKenzie, Cynthia H; Miller, Jessica; Munizaga, Martin; Naval-Xavier, Lais P D; Navarrete, Sergio A; Otalora, Carlos; Palomino-Alvarez, Lilian A; Gabriela Palomo, Maria; Patrick, Chris; Pegau, Cormack; Pereda, Sandra, V; Rocha, Rosana M; Rumbold, Carlos; Sanchez, Carlos; Sanjuan-Munoz, Adolfo; Schloder, Carmen; Schwindt, Evangelina; Seemann, Janina; Shanks, Alan; Simoes, Nuno; Skinner, Luis; Yolimar Suarez-Mozo, Nancy; Thiel, Martin; Valdivia, Nelson; Velez-Zuazo, Ximena; Vieira, Edson A; Vildoso, Bruno; Wehrtmann, Ingo S; Whalen, Matt; Wilbur, Lynn; Ruiz, Gregory M

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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 degrees 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.

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