Microbial Community Succession and Nutrient Cycling Responses following Perturbations of Experimental Saltwater Aquaria.

ABSTRACT: Although aquaria are common features of homes and other buildings, little is known about how environmental perturbations (i.e., tank cleaning, water changes, addition of habitat features) impact the diversity and succession of aquarium microbial communities. In this study, we sought to evaluate the hypotheses that newly established aquaria show clear microbial successional patterns over time and that common marine aquarium-conditioning practices, such as the addition of ocean-derived "live rocks" (defined as any "dead coral skeleton covered with crustose coralline algae" transferred into an aquarium from open ocean habitats) impact the diversity of microbial populations as well as nitrogen cycling in aquaria. We collected water chemistry data alongside water and sediment samples from two i

SUBMITTER: Bik HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6382968 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature