This document summarizes research on how seaweed biodiversity patterns relate to the evolution of thermal niches. The research used phylogenetic and spatial data on seaweed collections along with environmental datasets to model niche evolution and diversification rates along lineages. Key findings include that diversification in some seaweed groups like Codium and Dictyota relates to their ability to shift thermal niches, particularly a ability to adapt to different sea surface temperatures, and that niche evolvability helps explain latitudinal biodiversity gradients in seaweeds.
Feature-aligned N-BEATS with Sinkhorn divergence (ICLR '24)
Evolution of the thermal niche and its impact on biodiversity patterns in seaweeds
1. EVOLUTION
OF
THE
THERMAL
NICHE
AND
ITS
IMPACT
ON
BIODIVERSITY
PATTERNS
IN
SEAWEEDS
Heroen
Verbruggen
Vanessa
Marcelino
Lennert
Tyberghein
Olivier
De
Clerck
7. algal
collecLons
environmental
datasets:
Bio-‐ORACLE
mulL-‐gene
alignment
DNA
sequencing
species
tree
phylogeneLc
inference
8. algal
collecLons
environmental
datasets:
Bio-‐ORACLE
mulL-‐gene
alignment
DNA
sequencing
species
tree
phylogeneLc
inference
geographic
coordinates
accurate
idenLficaLons
georeferencing
DNA
barcoding
9. algal
collecLons
environmental
datasets:
Bio-‐ORACLE
mulL-‐gene
alignment
DNA
sequencing
species
tree
phylogeneLc
inference
geographic
coordinates
accurate
idenLficaLons
environmental
affiniLes
of
species
georeferencing
DNA
barcoding
GIS
data
extracLon
11. species
tree
environmental
affiniLes
of
species
diversificaLon
models
Result:
speciaLon-‐exLncLon
dynamics
12. species
tree
environmental
affiniLes
of
species
diversificaLon
models
Result:
speciaLon-‐exLncLon
dynamics
Result:
evoluLonary
changes
in
environmental
affiniLes
trait
evoluLon
models
13. species
tree
environmental
affiniLes
of
species
diversificaLon
models
Result:
speciaLon-‐exLncLon
dynamics
Result:
evoluLonary
changes
in
environmental
affiniLes
Result:
environmental
correlates
of
speciaLon-‐exLncLon
diversificaLon
models
trait
evoluLon
models
23. low
high
Ti;ensor
et
al.
(2010)
Nature
466:
1098-‐1107
—
Jablonski
et
al.
(2006)
Science
314:
102-‐106
The
notorious
LDG
Decreasing
species
diversity
from
tropics
to
poles
Many,
many,
MANY
explanaLons
proposed
EvoluLonary
perspecLve:
species
turnover
24. Kerswell
(2006)
Ecology
10:
2479-‐2488
Bimodal
laLtudinal
diversity
pa;ern
Highest
diversity
in
temperate
regions
Do
the
same
evoluLonary
processes
hold?
…but
for
seaweeds
37. EvoluLonary
dynamics
and
the
thermal
niche
1. Niche
shi`s
vs.
niche
conservaLsm
2. Evolvability
and
the
microhabitat
3. DiversificaLon
relates
to
SST
4. DiversificaLon
relates
to
evolvability
38. PerspecLves
• Lp
of
the
iceberg
• scale
up:
genera
>
orders
(Bryopsidales,
Nemaliales,
Dictyotales,
Fucales,
Laurencia
complex)
• go
wide:
genomic
&
physiological
features
• postAToLomics
39. Collectors:
Rob
Anderson
Elizabeth
Bandeira
John
Bolton
Francis
Bunker
Olivier
Dargent
Laury
Dijoux
Kya;
Dixon
Rainbo
Dixon
Stefano
Draisma
Cindy
Fernandez
Suzanne
Fredericq
Wilson
Freshwater
Fred
Gurgel
John
Huisman
Lisa
Kirkendale
Gerry
Kra`
Chris
Lane
Line
Le
Gall
Diane
Li;ler
Mark
Li;ler
Lydiane
Mapo
Frederic
Mineur
Klaas
Pauly
Claude
Payri
Willem
P.v.Reine
Craig
Schneider
Gary
Saunders
Thomas
Sauvage
Tom
Schils
Heather
Spalding
John
West
…
many
others
…
Collaborators:
Sofie
D’hondt
Chris
Drake
Nick
Eloot
Wiebe
Kooistra
Frederik
Leliaert
Diane
Li;ler
Mark
Li;ler
Steve
LoDuca
Chris
Maggs
Antoine
N'Yeurt
FaLma
Oliveira
Mariana
Oliveira
Claude
Payri
Gary
Saunders
Thomas
Sauvage
Tom
Schils
Satoshi
Shimada
Thomas
Silberfeld
Heather
Spalding
Frederique
Steen
Ana
Tronholm
Christophe
Viera
Brian
Wysor
Rick
Zechman