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John Paul Schmit, Carol A. Shearer

Geographic and host distribution of lignicolous mangrove microfungi

Keywords: biogeography, host specificity, mangroves, marine fungi, meta-analysis

We examined factors that contribute to the structuring of lignicolous mangrove microfungal communities across ocean basins and plant families. In particular, we hypothesized that microfungal communities are more similar between locations in the same ocean basin as compared to locations in different ocean basins, and that trees that are more closely related phylogenetically share more similar microfungal communities than those less closely related. We assessed these hypotheses through a meta-analysis employing ordination analysis on published data of fungal hosts and fungal distribution. Based on these analyses, we conclude that microfungal communities are more similar within a single ocean basin than between ocean basins, but mangrove trees that are close phylogenetically do not necessarily harbor microfungal communities that are distinctly different from less closely related hosts.

Botanica Marina, Walter de Gruyter

Print ISSN: 0006-8055
Volume: 47, 12/2004
Pages: 496 - 500

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