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The positive cross-ecosystem relationship came from 146 time series over 1999–2023; within ecosystems, asynchrony was the stronger predictor than richness. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: Scale-dependent effects of species richness and asynchrony regulate the temporal stability of consumer-mediated nutrient dynamics · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:07e77cf8b8453684e256f594d77958fbd41ad96eab753f2f381cca135d191fa3

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We estimated the temporal stability of nitrogen supply for marine fish communities using 146 time series, spanning ~25 y (1999-2023) and six long-term monitoring programs across coral reefs, mangrove creeks, seagrass beds, and kelp forests and representing ~1.5 million individual fishes. Across ecosystems, species richness strongly and positively predicted the temporal stability of CND. However, richness was not the dominant driver within ecosystems. Instead, species asynchrony emerged as the strongest and most consistent predictor, with higher synchrony destabilizing CND.

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