Code
01D06618
Duration
01 October 2018 → 30 September 2022
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Geology not elsewhere classified
- Animal ecology
- Auto-ecology
- Aquatic biology
- Environmental science and management not elsewhere classified
- Other environmental sciences not elsewhere classified
Keywords
coexistence
ecosystem functioning
cryptic species
nematodes
dispersal
resource differentiation
Project description
Understanding the mechanisms that enable coexistence of species and in turn impact ecosystem functioning, remains a fundamental challenge in ecology. Nematodes are the most abundant invertebrates in marine sediments, and many species are found together. Here, we investigate whether coexistence of species across different levels of taxonomic relatedness can be explained by
resource divergence and/or differential dispersal.