Baltic Sea coastal sediment-bound eukaryotes have increased year-round activities under predicted climate change related warming.

ABSTRACT: Climate change related warming is a serious environmental problem attributed to anthropogenic activities, causing ocean water temperatures to rise in the coastal marine ecosystem since the last century. This particularly affects benthic microbial communities, which are crucial for biogeochemical cycles. While bacterial communities have received considerable scientific attention, the benthic eukaryotic community response to climate change remains relatively overlooked. In this study, sediments were sampled from a heated (average 5°C increase over the whole year for over 50 years) and a control (contemporary conditions) Baltic Sea bay during four different seasons across a year. RNA transcript counts were then used to investigate eukaryotic community changes under long-term warming. The comp

SUBMITTER: Li S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11002985 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature