Marine periphytic ciliates play a pivotal role in shaping coastal ecosystems dynamics,
thereby acting as robust biological indicators of aquatic ecosystem health and functionality …

The use of functional traits of a community as a method to measure its functional dynamics in
response to environmental change has gained attention because trait-based approaches …

The expectation analysis on taxonomic sufficiency of a community is a useful tool to optimize
sampling effort for bioassessment of environmental/ecological quality status. To identify the …

Although periphytic protozoan communities have long been used for the bioassessment of
water quality, their utility is hampered by functional redundancy, leading to high “signal-to …

To evaluate the influence of tidal events (tidal disruption) on the taxonomic breadth of
periphytons in intertidal zone ecosystems, a 1-month baseline survey on protozoan …

Periphytic protozoa are esteemed icons of microbial fauna, renowned for their sensitivity and
role as robust bioindicators, pivotal for assessing ecosystem stress and anthropogenic …

Jiaozhou Bay is a representative temperate coastal ecosystem and connects with the Yellow
Sea by a narrow mouth. The eastern part of the Bay is more polluted than the western and …

To explore the influence of tidal events on protozoan periphyton fauna along tidelines, a 1-
month baseline survey for bioassessment was conducted in an intertidal zone of the Yellow …

Protozoan periphytons with their ecological features are considered as a robust bioindicator
for bioassessment of both environmental stress and anthropogenic impacts in aquatic …

The impacts of microplastics (MPs) on the marine ecosystem have remained the focus of
global attention. The microbial colonization plays an important role in driving the functional …