HABITAT ANALYSIS INCORPORATING NOMENCLATURAL AND TAXONOMIC INFORMATION Daphne G. Fautin Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Natural History Museum University.

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1 HABITAT ANALYSIS INCORPORATING NOMENCLATURAL AND TAXONOMIC INFORMATION Daphne G. Fautin Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Natural History Museum University of Kansas

2 1: HABITAT ANALYSIS Principles One application -- KGSMapper 2: NOMENCLATURAL AND TAXONOMIC INFORMATION 2: The difference that NOMENCLATURAL AND TAXONOMIC INFORMATION can make to such analyses With gratitude for grants from NSF (DEB 99-78106, OCE 00-03970), NBII, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; and to individuals too numerous to mention other than Adorian Ardelean, Jeremy Bartley, Asif Iqbal, and Suman Kansakar

3 Distribution of the sea anemone Heteractis aurora Fautin and Allen 1992

4 Distribution of the sea anemone Heteractis aurora Fautin and Allen 1992 OBIS: www.iobis.org

5 Distribution of the sea anemone Heteractis aurora Fautin and Allen 1992 OBIS: www.iobis.org Abstract; over-represents Concrete; under-represents

6 Guinotte et al. Marine Ecology Progress Series – ?Thursday

7 ASSOCIATES ORGANISM OCCURRENCES WITH ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS Calculates where habitat is similar and therefore where animals of this species could occur Displays values of 52 environmental parameters (mean, sd)

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9 to infer where else the species might NATURALLY occur POTENTIAL NATURAL RANGE – where to do field work

10 to infer where the species might UNnaturally occur POTENTIAL INVASIVE RANGE

11 maximum and minimum SST, minimum depth allows investigation of ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS that control species distribution

12 Taxonomy and nomenclature potentially confound such analyses

13 maximum and minimum SST, minimum depth By taxon: Inferred suitable Habitat for the species Heteractis aurora By name: Inferred suitable habitat for those that have been referred to as Radianthus simplex

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15 using symbols of a different color for each synonymous name. Can be used for investigating whether a synonymy is justified. And occurrences of homonymous species are not mapped. MAPS RECORDED OCCURRENCES OF THAT SPECIES

16 KGSMapper allows editing points – so the remainder can be analyzed

17 Far from confounding an analysis of probable distribution, appropriate use of taxonomic and nomenclatural knowledge can enhance it THANK YOU FOR LISTENING

18 Distribution of the sea anemone Heteractis aurora Fautin and Allen 1992 OBIS: www.iobis.org