Fungal biodiversity in aquatic habitats Export

@article{citeulike:2419720, abstract = {Abstract\ \ Fungal biodiversity in freshwater, brackish and marine habitats was estimated based on reports in the literature. The taxonomic groups treated were those with species commonly found on submerged substrates in aquatic habitats: Ascomycetes (exclusive of yeasts), Basidiomycetes, Chytridiomycetes, and the non-fungal Saprolegniales in the Class Oomycetes. Based on presence/absence data for a large number and variety of aquatic habitats, about 3,000 fungal species and 138 saprolegnialean species have been reported from aquatic habitats. The greatest number of taxa comprise the Ascomycetes, including mitosporic taxa, and Chytridiomycetes. Taxa of Basidiomycetes are, for the most part, excluded from aquatic habitats. The greatest biodiversity for all groups occurs in temperate areas, followed by Asian tropical areas. This pattern may be an artifact of the location of most of the sampling effort. The least sampled geographic areas include Africa, Australia, China, South America and boreal and tropical regions worldwide. Some species overlap occurs among terrestrial and freshwater taxa but little species overlap occurs among freshwater and marine taxa. We predict that many species remain to be discovered in aquatic habitats given the few taxonomic specialists studying these fungi, the few substrate types studied intensively, and the vast geographical area not yet sampled.}, author = {Shearer, Carol and Descals, Enrique and Kohlmeyer, Brigitte and Kohlmeyer, Jan and Marvanov\'{a}, Ludmila and Padgett, David and Porter, David and Raja, Huzefa and Schmit, John and Thorton, Holly and Voglymayr, Hermann}, citeulike-article-id = {2419720}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-006-9120-z}, day = {13}, doi = {10.1007/s10531-006-9120-z}, journal = {Biodiversity and Conservation}, keywords = {aquatic, biodiversity, chytrid, fungi}, month = {January}, number = {1}, pages = {49--67}, posted-at = {2008-02-23 20:20:26}, priority = {2}, title = {Fungal biodiversity in aquatic habitats}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-006-9120-z}, volume = {16}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2419720 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2419720 N2 - Abstract  Fungal biodiversity in freshwater, brackish and marine habitats was estimated based on reports in the literature. The taxonomic groups treated were those with species commonly found on submerged substrates in aquatic habitats: Ascomycetes (exclusive of yeasts), Basidiomycetes, Chytridiomycetes, and the non-fungal Saprolegniales in the Class Oomycetes. Based on presence/absence data for a large number and variety of aquatic habitats, about 3,000 fungal species and 138 saprolegnialean species have been reported from aquatic habitats. The greatest number of taxa comprise the Ascomycetes, including mitosporic taxa, and Chytridiomycetes. Taxa of Basidiomycetes are, for the most part, excluded from aquatic habitats. The greatest biodiversity for all groups occurs in temperate areas, followed by Asian tropical areas. This pattern may be an artifact of the location of most of the sampling effort. The least sampled geographic areas include Africa, Australia, China, South America and boreal and tropical regions worldwide. Some species overlap occurs among terrestrial and freshwater taxa but little species overlap occurs among freshwater and marine taxa. We predict that many species remain to be discovered in aquatic habitats given the few taxonomic specialists studying these fungi, the few substrate types studied intensively, and the vast geographical area not yet sampled. IS - 1 JF - Biodiversity and Conservation EP - 67 TI - Fungal biodiversity in aquatic habitats VL - 16 SP - 49 KW - aquatic KW - biodiversity KW - chytrid KW - fungi AU - Shearer, Carol AU - Descals, Enrique AU - Kohlmeyer, Brigitte AU - Kohlmeyer, Jan AU - Marvanová, Ludmila AU - Padgett, David AU - Porter, David AU - Raja, Huzefa AU - Schmit, John AU - Thorton, Holly AU - Voglymayr, Hermann PY - 2007/01/13/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-006-9120-z ER -