Multiple colonist pools shape fiddler crab-associated bacterial communities.

ABSTRACT: Colonization is a key component of community assembly because it continuously contributes new species that can potentially establish and adds individuals to established populations in local communities. Colonization is determined by the regional species pool, which is typically viewed as stable at ecological time scales. Yet, many natural communities including plants, birds and microbes, are exposed to several distinct and dynamic sources of colonists and how multiple colonist pools interact to shape local communities remains unclear. Using a 16S rRNA amplicon survey, we profiled bacteria within surface, subsurface and burrow sediments and assessed their role as colonist pools for fiddler crab-associated bacteria. We found significant differences in composition among sediment types, driven

SUBMITTER: Cuellar-Gempeler C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5864236 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature