Historical contingency impacts on community assembly and ecosystem function in chemosynthetic marine ecosystems.

ABSTRACT: Predicting ecosystem functioning requires an understanding of the mechanisms that drive microbial community assembly. Many studies have explored microbial diversity extensively and environmental factors are thought to be the principal drivers of community composition. Community assembly is, however, also influenced by past conditions that might affect present-day assemblages. Historical events, called legacy effects or historical contingencies, remain poorly studied in the sea and their impact on the functioning of the communities is not known. We tested the influence, if any, of historical contingencies on contemporary community assembly and functions in a marine ecosystem. To do so, we verified if different inoculum communities colonizing the same substrate led to communities with differ

SUBMITTER: Kalenitchenko D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8263718 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature