2018/08/22 by Yingbo Duan, Ningdong Xie, Zhiquan Song +6 · 1 citation
Environmental Science · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology #Marine Biology and Ecology Research #Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
paper · pdf · doi:10.1128/aem.00967-18
environmental conditions, arguing for a resident coastal fungal community shaped by environmental factors. These seasonal patterns do, however, differ from those observed in the bacterioplankton at the same site; e.g., fungal diversity peaks in winter, whereas bacterial diversity maxima occur in the spring and fall. While the dynamics of these communities are linked to water temperature and insolation, fungi are also influenced by the carbonate system (pH and DIC). As both fungi and heterotrophic bacteria are thought to be key organic-material metabolizers, differences in their environmental drivers may offer clues as to which group dominates secondary production at this dynamic site. Overall, this study suggests the unique ecological roles of mycoplankton and their potentially broad niche complementarities to other microbial groups in the coastal ocean.