Vertical Beta-Diversity of Bacterial Communities Depending on Water Stratification.

ABSTRACT: Many studies indicate that variation of marine bacterial beta diversity in the horizontal dimension is mainly attributable to environmental and spatial effects. However, whether and how these two effects drive bacterial beta diversity in the vertical dimension remains unclear, especially when considering seasonal variation in the strength of water stratification. Here, we used 78 paired bacterioplankton community samples from surface and deep chlorophyll maximum (DCM) layers along a transect in the Kuroshio region east of Taiwan across multiple seasons. Variance partitioning was used to evaluate the mechanisms driving the vertical beta diversity between surface-DCM bacterioplankton communities during weak stratification periods (i.e., spring and fall) versus strong stratification periods (

SUBMITTER: Cheng WH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7103642 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature