Distinct mechanisms underlying the assembly of microeukaryotic generalists and specialists in an anthropogenically impacted river

M Gad, L Hou, J Li, Y Wu, A Rashid, N Chen… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microeukaryotic communities are sensitive to environmental changes; and are considered
essential for microbial food webs and biogeochemical cycles. Therefore, understanding the …

Changes in protist communities in drainages across the Pearl River Delta under anthropogenic influence

K Zou, R Wang, S Xu, Z Li, L Liu, M Li, L Zhou - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Drainages in the Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration (PRDUA) host vital aquatic
ecosystems and face enormous pressures from human activities in one of the largest urban …

Global patterns and rates of habitat transitions across the eukaryotic tree of life

M Jamy, C Biwer, D Vaulot, A Obiol, H Jing… - Nature ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
The successful colonization of new habitats has played a fundamental role during the
evolution of life. Salinity is one of the strongest barriers for organisms to cross, which has …

Dam construction alters planktonic microbial predator‒prey communities in the urban reaches of the Yangtze River

Q Wang, J Chen, W Qi, D Wang, H Lin, X Wu, D Wang… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
While dam construction supports social and economic development, changes in hydraulic
conditions can also affect natural aquatic ecosystems, especially microbial ecosystems. The …

The combined impact of low temperatures and shifting phosphorus availability on the competitive ability of cyanobacteria

CL Briddon, E Szekeres, A Hegedüs, M Nicoară… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
In freshwater systems, cyanobacteria are strong competitors under enhanced temperature
and eutrophic conditions. Understanding their adaptive and evolutionary potential to …

Lake ecosystem robustness and resilience inferred from a climate-stressed protistan plankton network

D Forster, Z Qu, G Pitsch, EP Bruni, B Kammerlander… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Network analyses of biological communities allow for identifying potential consequences of
climate change on the resilience of ecosystems and their robustness to resist stressors …

Spatio-temporal changes of small protist and free-living bacterial communities in a temperate dimictic lake: insights from metabarcoding and machine learning

M Karlicki, A Bednarska, P Hałakuc… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Microbial communities, which include prokaryotes and protists, play an important role in
aquatic ecosystems and influence ecological processes. To understand these communities …

Temporal change of prokaryotic community in surface sediments of the Chukchi Sea

J Sun, H Zhou, H Cheng, Z Chen, Y Wang - Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology, 2022 - Elsevier
Global warming may alter microbial ecosystem functions through reshaping of microbial
diversities, compositions and interactions. Here, the community compositions, assembly …

Unraveling the diversity of eukaryotic microplankton in a large and deep perialpine lake using a high throughput sequencing approach

N Salmaso, A Boscaini, M Pindo - Frontiers in microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The structure of microbial communities, microalgae, heterotrophic protozoa and fungi
contributes to characterize food webs and productivity and, from an anthropogenic point of …

Changes in the community structure of under-ice and open-water microbiomes in urban lakes exposed to road salts

IB Fournier, C Lovejoy, WF Vincent - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Salinization of freshwater is increasingly observed in regions where chloride de-icing salts
are applied to the roads in winter, but little is known about the effects on microbial …