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Is the relationship between body length and body mass consistent across habitats? A case study on Niphargus (Crustacea: Amphipoda)
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Premate, Ester
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Kepic, Tinkara
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Fišer, Cene
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Body size is one of the main characteristics of any organism and influences various aspects of individual’s biology. In animal ecology, it represents a key functional trait that can be quantified using different measures and is often used as a proxy for different organismal functions. The way we quantify body size is critical in any study using this measure alone or to scale other organismal traits. It is especially important in groups that act as model systems across different fields of biological research. One of such groups are amphipods, which are at focus in many ecological studies where appropriate quantification of body size is needed. Here, we explored the relationship between body length and body mass in the largest freshwater amphipod genus Niphargus, and evaluated whether the two measures lead to different conclusions in a putative ecological study of species coexistence. We selected 16 species inhabiting two different subterranean habitats, cave lakes and cave streams. The relationship between log-transformed body mass and body length was linear in all species, but body mass increased steeper among species from cave lakes than from cave streams, reflecting the stouter body shape of the former. In the simulated ecological study, the comparisons of the two measures showed that they may yield different results: in 10 % of cases, body length detected differences between species when body mass did not and vice versa (13 %). Usage of body length or body mass can thus lead to different conclusions. We recommend avoiding direct transformations between body length and body mass in ecological studies. Whenever needed, such transformations should be done with caution using habitat-specific body mass – body length ratios.
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English
Keywords:
body size
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ratio of body mass to body length
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groundwater
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functional traits
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Article
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1.01 - Original Scientific Article
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BF - Biotechnical Faculty
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Published
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Year:
2023
Number of pages:
6 str.
Numbering:
Vol. 161, art. 126120
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20.500.12556/RUL-153142
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59
ISSN on article:
0944-2006
DOI:
10.1016/j.zool.2023.126120
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164076291
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19.12.2023
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Title:
Zoology
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Elsevier
ISSN:
0944-2006
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181327
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Slovenian
Keywords:
telesna velikost
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razmerje telesne mase in dolžine
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podzemna voda
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funkcionalni znaki
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Funder:
ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
Project number:
P1-0184
Name:
Integrativna zoologija in speleobiologija
Funder:
ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
Project number:
J1-2464
Name:
Filogenomika adaptive radiacije podzemnih rakov
Funder:
ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
Funding programme:
Young researchers
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Other - Other funder or multiple funders
Funding programme:
University Foundation of ing. Lenarčič Milan
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Other - Other funder or multiple funders
Funding programme:
Biodiversa+
Acronym:
DarCo
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EC - European Commission
Funding programme:
HE
Project number:
101052342
Name:
The European Biodiversity Partnership
Acronym:
Biodiversa-plus
Funder:
Other - Other funder or multiple funders
Funding programme:
Italy, Ministry of Universities and Research
Name:
The European Biodiversity Partnership
Acronym:
Biodiversa+
Funder:
Other - Other funder or multiple funders
Funding programme:
Spain, Agencia Estatal de Investigación
Name:
The European Biodiversity Partnership
Acronym:
Biodiversa+
Funder:
Other - Other funder or multiple funders
Funding programme:
Spain, Fundación Biodiversidad
Name:
The European Biodiversity Partnership
Acronym:
Biodiversa+
Funder:
Other - Other funder or multiple funders
Funding programme:
Portugal, Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia
Name:
The European Biodiversity Partnership
Acronym:
Biodiversa+
Funder:
AKA - Academy of Finland
Name:
The European Biodiversity Partnership
Acronym:
Biodiversa+
Funder:
Other - Other funder or multiple funders
Funding programme:
Finland, Ministry of the Environment
Name:
The European Biodiversity Partnership
Acronym:
Biodiversa+
Funder:
Other - Other funder or multiple funders
Funding programme:
Belgian Science Policy Office
Name:
The European Biodiversity Partnership
Acronym:
Biodiversa+
Funder:
ANR - French National Research Agency
Name:
The European Biodiversity Partnership
Acronym:
Biodiversa+
Funder:
Other - Other funder or multiple funders
Funding programme:
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V.
Name:
The European Biodiversity Partnership
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Biodiversa+
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Other - Other funder or multiple funders
Funding programme:
Germany, BMBF
Name:
The European Biodiversity Partnership
Acronym:
Biodiversa+
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Other - Other funder or multiple funders
Funding programme:
VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH
Name:
The European Biodiversity Partnership
Acronym:
Biodiversa+
Funder:
SNSF - Swiss National Science Foundation
Funding programme:
Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
Name:
The European Biodiversity Partnership
Acronym:
Biodiversa+
Funder:
FWF - Austrian Science Fund
Name:
The European Biodiversity Partnership
Acronym:
Biodiversa+
Funder:
Other - Other funder or multiple funders
Funding programme:
Slovenia, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Name:
The European Biodiversity Partnership
Acronym:
Biodiversa+
Funder:
Other - Other funder or multiple funders
Funding programme:
Romania, Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding
Name:
The European Biodiversity Partnership
Acronym:
Biodiversa+
Funder:
Other - Other funder or multiple funders
Funding programme:
Republic of Slovenia, Ministry of Education, Science and Sport
Funder:
EC - European Commission
Funding programme:
European Regional Development Fund
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