Understanding the mechanisms controlling community diversity, functions, succession, and
biogeography is a central, but poorly understood, topic in ecology, particularly in microbial …

Soil microbial community assembly is crucial for understanding the mechanisms of microbial
communities that regulate ecosystem-level functioning. The relative contributions of …

Deep-water reservoir sediment is a unique habitat sheltering indispensable microorganisms
and facilitating their biogeochemical functions; however, the assembly processes of the …

Streams are typically supersaturated in carbon dioxide (CO 2) and methane (CH 4), and are
recognized as important components of regional carbon (C) emissions in northern …

Agronomic practises, such as fertilisation and crop rotation, affect soil microbial communities
and functions. However, limited information is available regarding the relative importance of …

Riverbank filtration has gained increasing importance for balancing rising groundwater
demands and securing drinking water supplies. While microbial communities are the pillar of …

Bacterial diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) vary along environmental
gradients. However, little is known about interconnections between EMF and taxonomic and …

The goods and services provided by riverine systems are critical to humanity, and our
reliance increases with our growing population and demands. As our activities expand …

In lotic ecosystems highly susceptible to anthropogenic activities, the influences of
environmental variables on microbial communities and their functions remain poorly …

Microbial ecological processes are frequently studied in the presence of perturbations rather
than in undisturbed environments, despite the relatively stable conditions dominating many …