High-resolution metagenomic reconstruction of the freshwater spring bloom

VS Kavagutti, PA Bulzu, CM Chiriac, MM Salcher… - Microbiome, 2023 - Springer
Background The phytoplankton spring bloom in freshwater habitats is a complex, recurring,
and dynamic ecological spectacle that unfolds at multiple biological scales. Although …

Cryptic and ubiquitous aplastidic cryptophytes are key freshwater flagellated bacterivores

K Šimek, I Mukherjee, T Szöke-Nagy, M Haber… - The ISME …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Morphology-based microscopic approaches are insufficient for a taxonomic classification of
bacterivorous heterotrophic nanoflagellates (HNF) in aquatic environments since their cells …

Top-down and bottom-up control of plankton structure and dynamics in hypertrophic fishponds

J Vrba, M Šorf, J Nedoma, Z Benedová, L Kröpfelová… - Hydrobiologia, 2024 - Springer
We investigated the effects of strong top-down control by high fish stock on structure and
seasonal dynamics of plankton in nine fishponds under conventional fishery management …

Recommendations for advancing mixoplankton research through empirical-model integration

NC Millette, SG Leles, MD Johnson… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Protist plankton can be divided into three main groups: phytoplankton, zooplankton, and
mixoplankton. In situ methods for studying phytoplankton and zooplankton are relatively …

Global freshwater distribution of Telonemia protists

R Boukheloua, I Mukherjee, H Park, K Šimek… - The ISME …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Telonemia are one of the oldest identified marine protists that for most part of their history
have been recognized as a distinct incertae sedis lineage. Today, their evolutionary …

FISHing for ciliates: Catalyzed reporter deposition fluorescence in situ hybridization for the detection of planktonic freshwater ciliates

G Dirren-Pitsch, D Bühler, MM Salcher… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Planktonic ciliate species form multiple trophic guilds and are central components of
freshwater food webs. Progress in molecular analytical tools has opened new insight into …

Microeukaryotic plankton evolutionary constraints in a subtropical river explained by environment and bacteria along differing taxonomic resolutions

K Ren, Y Mo, P Xiao, R Rønn, Z Xu, Y Xue… - ISME …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Microeukaryotic plankton communities are keystone components for keeping aquatic
primary productivity. Currently, variations in microeukaryotic plankton diversity have often …

Integrating depth-dependent protist dynamics and microbial interactions in spring succession of a freshwater reservoir

I Mukherjee, V Grujčić, MM Salcher, P Znachor… - Environmental …, 2024 - Springer
Background Protists are essential contributors to eukaryotic diversity and exert profound
influence on carbon fluxes and energy transfer in freshwaters. Despite their significance …

Eukaryotic plankton size structure and species composition in the wetland lakes

Y Li, K Liu, J Yu, J Hou - Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology, 2024 - Elsevier
Eukaryotic plankton play an important role in the wetland lake ecosystems. However, the
size structure and species composition of eukaryotic plankton in shallow wetland lake …

A stoichiometric insight into the seasonal imbalance of phosphorus and nitrogen in central European fishponds

L Kajgrová, V Kolar, K Roy, Z Adámek… - Environmental Sciences …, 2024 - Springer
Background This study examines seasonal and regional trends in chlorophyll-a
concentrations and the dynamics of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) in 32 fishponds …