Elevational gradients do not affect thermal tolerance at local scale in populations of livebearing fishes of the genus Limia (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliinae)
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One of the main assumptions of Janzen’s mountain passes hypothesis is that due the low overlap in temperature regimes between low and high elevations in the tropics, organisms living in high-altitude evolve narrow tolerance for colder temperatures while low-altitude species develop narrow tolerance for warmer temperatures. Some studies have questioned the generality of the assumptions and predictions of this hypothesis suggesting that other factors different to temperature gradients between low and high elevations may explain altitudinal distribution of species in the tropics. In this study we test some predictions of the Janzen’s hypothesis at local scales through the analysis of the individual thermal niche breadth in populations of livebearing fishes of the genus Limia and its relationship with their altitudinal distribution in some islands of the Greater Antilles. We assessed variation in tolerance to extreme temperatures (measured as critical thermal minimum (CTmin) and maximum (CTmax) and compared thermal breadth for populations of eight species of Limia occurring in three Caribbean islands and that occupy different altitudinal distribution. Our results showed that species analyzed had significant differences in thermal limits and ranges. Generally, species distributed in high and low elevations did not differ in thermal limits and showed a wider range of thermal tolerance. However, species living in mid-elevations had narrower range of temperature tolerance. We found no significant effect of phylogeny on CTmin, CTmax and thermal ranges among species. This study did not provide evidence supporting Janzen’s hypothesis at a local scale since thermal tolerance and altitudinal distribution of Limia species were not related to temperature gradients expected in nature. Phylogeny also did not explain the patterns we observed. We suggest that biotic factors such as species interactions, diet specializations, and others should be considered when interpreting current distribution patterns of Limia species.
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Fischer, C., & I. Schlupp. 2009. Differences in thermal tolerance in coexisting sexual and asexual mollies (Poecilia, Poeciliidae, Teleostei). Journal of Fish Biology, 74: 1662–1668. https://doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02214.x
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Gilbert, P. S., J. Wu, M. W. Simon, J. S. Sinsheimer, & M. E. Alfaro. 2018. Filtering nucleotide sites by phylogenetic signal to noise ratio increases confidence in the Neoaves phylogeny generated from ultraconserved elements. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 126: 116–128. https://doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.03.033
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Kamilar, J. M., & N. Cooper. 2013. Phylogenetic signal in primate behaviour, ecology and life history. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Biological Sciences, 368: 20120341. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2012.0341
Kingsolver, J. G., & J. Umbanhowar. 2018. The analysis and interpretation of critical temperatures. Journal of Experimental Biology, 2018 (221). https://jeb167858. doi:10.1242/jeb.167858
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Leiva, F. P., P. Calosi, & W. C. E. P. Verberk. 2019. Scaling of thermal tolerance with body mass and genome size in ectotherms: a comparison between water–and air–breathers. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Biological Sciences, 374: 20190035. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0035
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Muñoz, M. M., & B. L. Bodensteiner. 2019. Janzen’s hypothesis meets the Bogert effect: Connecting climate variation, thermoregulatory behavior and rates of physiological evolution. Integrative Organismal Biology, 1–12. https://doi:10.1093/iob/oby002
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Navas, C. A., J. M. Carvajalino?Fernández, L. P. Saboyá?Acosta, L. A. Rueda?Solano, & M. A. Carvajalino?Fernández. 2013. The body temperature of active amphibians along a tropical elevation gradient: Patterns of mean and variance and inference from environmental data. Functional Ecology, 27: 1145–1154. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12106
Niehaus, A. C., M. J. Jr. Angilletta, M. W. Sears, C. E. Franklin, & and R. S. Wilson. 2012. Predicting the physiological performance of ectotherms in fluctuating thermal environments. Journal of Experimental Biology, 215: 694–701. https://doi:10.1242/jeb.058032
Ohlberger, J., T. Mehner, G. Staaks, & F. Hölker. 2008. Temperature?related physiological adaptations promote ecological divergence in a sympatric species pair of temperate freshwater fish, Coregonus spp. Functional Ecology, 22: 501–508.
Pagel, M. 1994. Detecting correlated evolution on phylogenies: a general method for the comparative analysis of discrete characters. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Biological Sciences, 255: 37–45. https://doi:10.1098/rspb.1994.0006
Payne, N. L., J. A. Smith, D. E. van der Meulen, M. D. Taylor, Y. Y. Watanabe, A. Takahashi, T. A. Marzullo, C. A. Gray, G. Cadiou, & I. M. Suthers. 2016. Temperature dependence of fish performance in the wild: links with species biogeography and physiological thermal tolerance. Functional Ecology, 30 (6): 903–912. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12618
Pintanel, P., M. Tejedo, S. R. Ron, G. A. Llorente, & A. Merino-Viteri. 2019. Elevational and microclimatic drivers of thermal tolerance in Andean Pristimantis frogs. Journal of Biogeography, 46: 1664–1675. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13596
Polato, N. R., B. A. Gill, A. A. Shah, M. M. Gray, K. L. Casner, A. Barthelet, & K. R. Zamudio. 2018. Narrow thermal tolerance and low dispersal drive higher speciation in tropical mountains. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115: 12471–12476. https://doi. org/10.1073/pnas.18093 26115
R Core Team. 2013. R: A language and environment for statistical computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria. URL http://www.R–project.org/.
Revell, L. J. 2012. Phytools: an R package for phylogenetic comparative biology (and other things). Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 3: 217–222. https://doi:10.1111/j.2041– 210X.2011.00169.x
Rivas, L. R. 1980. Eight new species of poeciliid fishes of the genus Limia from Hispaniola. Northeast Gulf Science, 4 (1): 28–38.
Robinson, S. K., & J. Terborgh. 1995. Interspecific aggression and habitat selection by Amazonian birds. Journal of Animal Ecology, 64: 1–11.
Rodríguez, C. M. 1997. Phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Poeciliini (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae). Copeia, 1997 (4): 663–679.
Rodriguez-Silva, R., P. Torres-Pineda, & J. Josaphat. 2020. Limia mandibularis, a new livebearing fish (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae) from Lake Miragoane, Haiti. Zootaxa, 4768 (3): 395–404. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4768.3.6
Rodriguez, R. S., P. Torres-Pineda, C. M. Rodriguez, & I. Schlupp. 2020. Distribution range extension of Yaguajal Limia, Limia yaguajali (Teleostei: Poeciliidae) from north of the Dominican Republic, Hispaniola. Novitates Caribaea, 15: 127–133.
Sarmiento, G. 1986. Ecological features of climate in high tropical mountains. (11–46). In: Vuilleumier, F., & M. Monasterio (Eds.). High altitude tropical biogeography. Oxford University Press, New York, 649 pp.
Snyder, G. K., & W. W. Weathers. 1975. Temperature adaptations in amphibians. American Naturalist, 109: 93–101.
Spotila, J. R. 1972. Role of temperature and water in the ecology of lungless salamanders. Ecological Monographs, 42 (1972): 95–125.
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Rodriguez-Silva, R., & Schlupp, I. (2021). Elevational gradients do not affect thermal tolerance at local scale in populations of livebearing fishes of the genus Limia (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliinae). Novitates Caribaea, (18), 46–62. https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.vi18.264
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