Nearshore environments are a critical transitional zone that connects the marine and
terrestrial/freshwater ecosystems. The release of anthropogenic chemicals into nearshore …

Background Salt marshes are major natural repositories of sequestered organic carbon with
high burial rates of organic matter, produced by highly productive native flora. Accumulated …

Sponge-associated microorganisms are essential for sponge survival. They play an
important role in recycling nutrients and, therefore, in the maintenance of the ecosystem …

Soil microenvironment is a combination of climate, biological matter, and earth parent
material, which has unique characteristics and is considered to have distinctive microbial …

Salt marsh biogeochemical processes are regulated by ecosystem structure (eg plant
community composition). However, plant-specific responses to stressors such as elevated …

Sponges harbor complex communities of microorganisms that carry out essential roles for
the functioning and survival of their hosts. In some cases, genetically related sponges from …

Coastal zones are active reactors of continental material including that transported by rivers
via a series of microbiota-mediated reactions. Nevertheless, current knowledge of the …

Coastal salt marshes are some of the most productive ecosystems on Earth, providing
numerous services such as soil carbon storage, flood protection and nutrient filtering …

Bacteria drive energy fluxes and geochemical processes in estuarine sediments. Deposit-
feeding invertebrates alter the structure and activity of microbial communities through …

The wax ester (WE) and triacylglycerol (TAG) biosynthetic potential of marine
microorganisms is poorly understood at the microbial community level. The goal of this work …