{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Moore ER"],"funding":["U.S. Department of Agriculture"],"pagination":["6885"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12916909"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["16(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Microbes drive biogeochemical changes in ecosystems, including carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycling. Dam construction has altered riparian ecosystems worldwide, yet we know little about microbial community composition in riparian sediments and how it changes following dam removal and sediment/soil drainage. Here, we evaluate how riparian microbial communities change with increasing depth in the sediment profile for existing dams and over time following dam removal/breach and assess how various physico-chemical sediment properties influence microbial community composition. We studied microbial community structure for 12 riparian sites over a chronosequence of 0-234 years since dam breach. Sediment was collected every 0.3 m to a depth of 4 m. Aerobic taxa involved with N cycling (e.g., Nitros"],"journal":["Scientific reports"],"pubmed_title":["Distinct changes in riparian sediment microbial communities with depth and time since dam removal."],"pmcid":["PMC12916909"],"funding_grant_id":["2023-67019-39835"],"pubmed_authors":["Rahman MM","Moore ER","Yaculak A","Peipoch M","Galella JG","Sena M","Inamdar S","Kan J","Joshi B"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Distinct changes in riparian sediment microbial communities with depth and time since dam removal.","description":"Microbes drive biogeochemical changes in ecosystems, including carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycling. Dam construction has altered riparian ecosystems worldwide, yet we know little about microbial community composition in riparian sediments and how it changes following dam removal and sediment/soil drainage. Here, we evaluate how riparian microbial communities change with increasing depth in the sediment profile for existing dams and over time following dam removal/breach and assess how various physico-chemical sediment properties influence microbial community composition. We studied microbial community structure for 12 riparian sites over a chronosequence of 0-234 years since dam breach. Sediment was collected every 0.3 m to a depth of 4 m. Aerobic taxa involved with N cycling (e.g., Nitros","dates":{"release":"2026-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2026 Feb","modification":"2026-07-16T09:56:50.139Z","creation":"2026-07-09T10:49:38.29Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12916909","cross_references":{"pubmed":["41629538"],"doi":["10.1038/s41598-026-37708-3"]}}