Invariant scaling of the Species Abundance Distribution in observed and simulated marine plankton communities
Danling Ma, Enrico Ser‐Giacomi, Yubin Raut, Stephanie Dutkiewicz, Oliver Jahn, Michael J. Follows, Gregory L. Britten
The paper analyzes Species Abundance Distributions (SADs) in marine plankton communities from surveys and simulations, finding invariant scaling despite environmental and taxonomic variation.
bioRxiv · Aug 17, 2026 · PreprintEcology