Spatial autocorrelation and host anemone species drive variation in local components of fitness in a wild clownfish populationuse asterix (*) to get italics

Pascal Marrot, Cécile Fauvelot, Michael L. Berumen, Maya Srinivasan, Geoffrey P. Jones, Serge Planes, and Benoit PujolPlease use the format "First name initials family name" as in "Marie S. Curie, Niels H. D. Bohr, Albert Einstein, John R. R. Tolkien, Donna T. Strickland"

2024

<p style="text-align: justify;">The susceptibility of species to habitat changes depends on which ecological drivers shape individual fitness components. To date, only a few studies have quantified fitness components such as the Lifetime Reproductive Success across multiple generations in wild marine species. Because of a long-term sampling effort, such information is available for the for the population of wild orange clownfish, <em>Amphiprion percula</em>, from Kimbe Island (Papua New Guinea). Previous work on the wild orange clownfish near Kimbe Island suggests that there is little adaptive potential and that variation in LRS is mainly driven by a breeder’s habitat. Whether the host anemone species, geographic location, density or depth contributed to LRS remains however unknown because they were combined into a unique variable. We tested whether it is the ecology or the spatial distribution of clownfish that shaped the individual variation of a local fitness component, which would affect the population self-recruitment process and ultimately the maintenance of this wild population. Our spatially explicit analysis disentangled the role of these factors. We found that the host anemone species had an impact on wild clownfish LRS independently from their spatial distribution. The spatial distribution nevertheless had an impact on its own, as reflected by the spatial autocorrelation of LRS. Depth and density of anemones did not show a significant impact. Our findings imply that this clownfish population is susceptible to modifications of the spatial distribution and local assembly of anemone species.</p>

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clownfish, lifetime reproductive success, self-recruitment, spatial autocorrelation, PCNM

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Adaptation, Evolutionary Ecology, Quantitative Genetics

Marc T. J. Johnson [marc.johnson@utoronto.ca] Ph.D. (he/him) Professor and Canada Research Chair Depts. of Biology & EEB Director, Centre for Urban Environments (CUE) University of Toronto – Mississauga, Tina A. Barbasch [Barbasch@illinois.edu] Postdoctoral Researcher Department of Evolution, Ecology and Behavior University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL ​, Jarle Tufto suggested: A couple of local phd students/postdocs working in ecology and evolution that may be suitable as reviews:, Jarle Tufto suggested: philip.s.mostert@ntnu.no, Jarle Tufto suggested: bert.v.d.veen@ntnu.no, Suzanne Bonamour [suzannebonamour@protonmail.com] suggested: Suggestion : Maria Moiron (mariamoironc@gmail.com), Suzanne Bonamour [suzannebonamour@protonmail.com] suggested: ------------------------------------------------, Suzanne Bonamour [suzannebonamour@protonmail.com] suggested: Bonjour Pierre,, Suzanne Bonamour [suzannebonamour@protonmail.com] suggested: Merci pour la proposition, mais le sujet de l'article me semble assez éloigné de mes competences actuelles; et je suis pas mal chargée en ce moment (je viens de commencer un nouveau postdoc)., Suzanne Bonamour [suzannebonamour@protonmail.com] suggested: Peut-être une prochaine fois,, Suzanne Bonamour [suzannebonamour@protonmail.com] suggested: Bonne journée,, Suzanne Bonamour [suzannebonamour@protonmail.com] suggested: Suzanne, Maria Moiron [mariamoironc@gmail.com] suggested: David Fisher, david.fisher@abdn.ac.uk , Maria Moiron [mariamoironc@gmail.com] suggested: Francesca Santostefano, santostefano.francesca@courrier.uqam.ca , Tina Barbasch [barbasch@illinois.edu] suggested: Rebecca Branconi: branconi@bu.edu, Tina Barbasch [barbasch@illinois.edu] suggested: Robin Francis: rkf@bu.edu, Francesca Santostefano [santostefano.francesca@courrier.uqam.ca] suggested: Jordan Martin jordan.martin@iem.uzh.ch, Francesca Santostefano [santostefano.francesca@courrier.uqam.ca] suggested: Barbara Class barbara.a.class@gmail.com, Francesca Santostefano [santostefano.francesca@courrier.uqam.ca] suggested: Anne Hertel hertel@biologie.uni-muenchen.de, Francesca Santostefano [santostefano.francesca@courrier.uqam.ca] suggested: Drew Sauve sauve.drew@gmail.com, Marlène Gamelon [marlene.gamelon@univ-lyon1.fr] suggested: Dr. Stefan Vriend: S.Vriend@nioo.knaw.nl, Simon Evans [s.r.evans@exeter.ac.uk] suggested: Charlotte Regan, Simon Evans [s.r.evans@exeter.ac.uk] suggested: Ryan Germain, Simon Evans [s.r.evans@exeter.ac.uk] suggested: Jane Reid, Charlotte Regan [chareg@ceh.ac.uk] suggested: Eleanor Cole <eleanor.cole@biology.ox.ac.uk>, Drew Sauve suggested: I appreciate the authors clarification of their methods and justification of their approach in this revision of the article. I have only a few minor comments to be addressed., Drew Sauve suggested: Line 95-96: Perhaps an important clarification is that it is a small proportion of the variation that is attributable to genetic variation. I think you could argue that Bonnet et al. 2022 found substantial genetic variation (at least enough that in theory could contribute to some demographic change?). , Drew Sauve suggested: Line 99-100: I think you can remove the first part of this sentence. I think we rarely identify the ecological drivers, not only when little or no genetic variation is found. , Drew Sauve suggested: Line 188: Be specific with the word “This”. It is not clear what exact concern you are referring to here., Drew Sauve suggested: Line 371: Be specific with “This”. What is in line?

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