Phytoplankton and Microzooplankton Community Structure and Assembly Mechanisms in Northwestern Pacific Ocean Estuaries with Environmental Heterogeneity and Geographic Segregation.

ABSTRACT: Phytoplankton and microzooplankton are crucial players in marine ecosystems and first responders to environmental changes, but their community structures and how they are shaped by environmental conditions have rarely been studied simultaneously. In this study, we conducted an eDNA metabarcoding sequencing combined with multiple statistical methods to simultaneously analyze the phytoplankton and microzooplankton in Liaohe (LH) and Yalujiang (YLJ) estuaries. The major objective was to examine how plankton community structure and assembly mechanism may differ between two estuaries with similar latitudinal position and climate but geographical segregation and differential level of urbanization (more in LH). Clear differences in diversity and composition of phytoplankton and microzooplankton c

SUBMITTER: Sun Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10100884 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature