Comparative Analysis of the Ecological Succession of Microbial Communities on Two Artificial Reef Materials.

ABSTRACT: Concrete and wood are commonly used to manufacture artificial reefs (ARs) worldwide for marine resource enhancement and habitat restoration. Although microbial biofilms play an important role in marine ecosystems, the microbial communities that colonize concrete and wooden ARs and their temporal succession have rarely been studied. In this study, the temporal succession of the microbial communities on concrete and wooden AR blocks and the driving factors were investigated. The composition of the microbial communities underwent successive shifts over time: among the six dominant phyla, the relative abundances of Proteobacteria, Cyanobacteria and Gracilibacteria significantly decreased in wood, as did that of Cyanobacteria in concrete. Operational taxonomic units (OTU) richness and Shannon i

SUBMITTER: Guo Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7825563 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature