Similar recovery time of microbial functions from fungicide stress across biogeographical regions.

ABSTRACT: Determining whether the structural and functional stress responses of communities are similar across space and time is paramount for forecasting and extrapolating the consequences of anthropogenic pressures on ecosystems and their services. Stream ecosystems are under high anthropogenic pressure; however, studies have only examined the response of stream communities across large scales over multiple generations. We studied the responses of leaf-associated microbial communities in streams within three European biogeographical regions to chemical stress in a microcosm experiment with multiple cycles of fungicide pollution and resource colonisation. Fungal community composition and the ecosystem function leaf decomposition were measured as response variables. Microbial leaf decomposition show

SUBMITTER: Schreiner VC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6242862 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature