Biotic and abiotic surfaces in marine waters are rapidly colonized by microorganisms.
Surface colonization and subsequent biofilm formation and development provide numerous …

Methylmercury (MeHg) is an environmental contaminant of concern because it biomagnifies
in aquatic food webs and poses a health hazard to aquatic biota, piscivorous wildlife and …

In ocean waters, anaerobic microbial respiration should be confined to the anoxic waters
found in coastal regions and tropical oxygen minimum zones, where it is energetically …

Dysoxic marine waters (DMW,< 1 μM oxygen) are currently expanding in volume in the
oceans, which has biogeochemical, ecological and societal consequences on a global …

Since the start of synthetic fertilizer production more than a hundred years ago, the coastal
ocean has been exposed to increasing nutrient loading, which has led to eutrophication and …

The heavily human-perturbed coastal oceans are hotspots of nitrous oxide (N2O) emission
to the atmosphere. The processes underpinning the N2O flux, however, remain poorly …

The nitrogen input through biological N 2 fixation is essential for life in vast areas of the
global ocean. The belief is that cyanobacteria are the only relevant N 2-fixing (diazotrophic) …

Rice paddies are unique waterlogged wetlands artificially constructed for agricultural
production. Periphytic biofilms (PBs) at the soil–water interface play an important role in rice …

In aquatic ecosystems, both phytoplankton and bacteria play pivotal roles. Based on 16S
rRNA gene sequencing, considerable research focused on phytoplankton colony attached …

Microorganisms often respond to their environment by growing as densely packed
communities in biofilms, flocs or granules. One major advantage of life in these aggregates …