Patterns of Sediment Fungal Community Dependent on Farming Practices in Aquaculture Ponds.

ABSTRACT: Despite fungi playing an important role in nutrient decomposition in aquatic ecosystems and being considered as vital actors in the ecological processes, they received limited attention regarding the community in aquaculture pond sediments which are extremely important and typically disturbed habitats. Using an ITS1 region of fungal rDNA, this study aimed to investigate sediment fungal communities in fish, crab, and crayfish ponds for decades of farming practices at representative aquaculture regions in the middle Yangtze River basin, China. We then aimed to explore the community patterns associated with species-based farming practices in the ponds at 18 farms. The results showed that the pond sediments harbored more than 9,000 operational taxonomic units. The sediments had significantly h

SUBMITTER: Zhang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7933557 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature