Comparing the Environmental Influences and Community Assembly of Protist Communities in Two Anthropogenic Coastal Areas.

ABSTRACT: Anthropogenic stresses are intensively affecting the structure and function of microbial communities in coastal ecosystems. Despite being essential components of coastal ecosystems, the environmental influences and assembly processes of protist communities remain largely unknown in areas with severe disturbance. Here, we used 18S rRNA gene high-throughput sequencing to compare the composition, assembly process, and functional structure of the protist communities from the coastal areas of the Northern Yellow Sea (NYS) and the Eastern Bohai Sea (EBS). These two areas are separated by the Liaodong Peninsula and experience different anthropogenic stresses due to varying degrees of urbanization. We detected significant differences between the protist communities of the two areas. Environmental

SUBMITTER: Qiao W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11356250 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature