Distinct Ecological Processes Mediate Domain-Level Differentiation in Microbial Spatial Scaling.

ABSTRACT: The spatial scaling of biodiversity, such as the taxa-area relationship (TAR) and distance-decay relationship (DDR), is a typical ecological pattern that is followed by both microbes and macrobes in natural ecosystems. Previous studies focusing on microbes mainly aimed to address whether and how different types of microbial taxa differ in spatial scaling patterns, leaving the underlying mechanisms largely untouched. In this study, the spatial scaling of different microbial domains and their associated ecological processes in an intertidal zone were comparatively investigated. The significant spatial scaling of biodiversity could be observed across all microbial domains, including archaea, bacteria, fungi, and protists. Among them, archaea and fungi were found with much stronger DDR slopes

SUBMITTER: Gong X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10056974 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature