Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
David M. Durieux, Kevin T. Du Clos, David B. Lewis, Brad J. Gemmell
Summary: The upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea sp. plays a significant role in water column mixing within its shallow natural habitat; it continuously pumps water vertically to create a significant contribution to mixing, resulting in turnover of the water column every 15 minutes at median population density. Additionally, the release of nutrient-rich benthic porewater further emphasizes Cassiopea sp.'s role as an ecosystem engineer in mangrove habitats.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Nava Leibovich, Jeremy Rothschild, Sidhartha Goyal, Anton Zilman
Summary: This study investigates the impact of inter- and intraspecies interactions as well as other factors on the structure and stability of ecological systems using a minimal model. The findings reveal a rich phase diagram with regimes that cannot be characterized as niche or neutral, and a multimodal species abundance distribution.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2022)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Haizhou Li, Huaiyang Zhou, Shanshan Yang, Xin Dai
Summary: Although there are approximately 25 million seamounts in the ocean, little is known about their microbial ecology. This study provides evidence that seamounts are unique habitats, harboring distinct microbial communities, and exhibit a distance-decay pattern. Environmental selection and dispersal limitation shape the observed biogeography. Furthermore, a framework linking community assembly with successional dynamics in seamounts is established, showing the dominance of stochasticity during initial community establishment and the increase in the importance of environmental selection in shaping subsurface communities.
APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Cui-Jing Zhang, Yu-Lian Chen, Yi-Hua Sun, Jie Pan, Ming-Wei Cai, Meng Li
Summary: Archaea in mangroves play essential roles in biogeochemical cycles and are crucial for carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur cycling. Innovative cultivation strategies, such as single-cell isolation and high-throughput culturing, provide more opportunities to study previously uncultured archaeal lineages in mangrove wetlands.
MARINE LIFE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Saverio Perri, Matteo Detto, Amilcare Porporato, Annalisa Molini
Summary: This study aims to explore the impact of salinity on mangrove forests and finds that high salinity limits the height of mangroves. High salinity selects for more salt-tolerant species, which are usually less productive and have slower growth, resulting in reduced canopy height. This finding is important for assessing the resilience of mangrove forests to climate change.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
J. L. J. Jupin, A. C. Ruiz-Fernandez, A. Sifeddine, J. A. Sanchez-Cabeza, L. H. Perez-Bernal, J. G. Cardoso-Mohedano, M. A. Gomez-Ponce, J. G. Flores-Trujillo
Summary: This study used seven lead-210 dated sediment cores to evaluate the temporal trends of sedimentation rates in Mexican mangrove areas over the past century. The results showed that sedimentation rates in both study sites were comparable to global values for mangrove forests. The increase in sedimentation rates was attributed to intensified continental erosion and sea-level rise, which are caused by population growth and land-use change.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Dezhi Wang, Penghua Qiu, Bo Wan, Zhenxiu Cao, Quanfa Zhang
Summary: This paper presents a novel approach to map plant biodiversity in mangrove forests using satellite imagery and field plots. The results show that alpha- and beta-diversities account for different proportions of the total diversity, and the mapping accuracy varies among different satellite images. The red-edge and near-infrared spectral features are found to be informative for diversity mapping.
REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Qing He, Shang Wang, Weiguo Hou, Kai Feng, Fangru Li, Wanming Hai, Yidi Zhang, Yuxuan Sun, Ye Deng
Summary: The study found that microbial community assembly in geothermal ecosystems is influenced by stochasticity and biotic interactions, with differences between sediment and water communities in terms of diversity, species-interactions, and community assembly. Sediment communities are primarily governed by heterogeneous selection, while water communities are mainly influenced by undominated stochastic processes and dispersal limitation. Temperature and ferrous iron play a key role in mediating the balance of stochastic and deterministic assembly processes in sediment communities.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Neda Bihamta Toosi, Ali Reza Soffianian, Sima Fakheran, Lars T. Waser
Summary: A novel approach based on multispectral remote sensing techniques was developed to evaluate the ecological status and disturbances of Iranian mangroves. The approach involved calculating a spatial disturbance index (SDI) using landscape metrics and principal component analysis (PCA). The results showed that the selected metrics could effectively quantify the SDI and identify different levels of disturbances. This approach enables the detection and management of disturbances in mangrove ecosystems.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2022)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Samuel Appiah Ofori, Frederick Asante, Tessia Ama Boatemaa Boateng, Farid Dahdouh-Guebas
Summary: This study provides a comprehensive report on Ghana's mangrove ecosystems using the ROSES method. It covers their distribution and species composition, socio-economic benefits, anthropogenic and natural impacts, and management strategies. The study highlights the lack of existing management strategies and recommends the development and implementation of specific policies and regulations for the protection and sustainable use of mangrove ecosystems in Ghana.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Selvam Kesavan, K. A. Martin Xavier, Geetanjali Deshmukhe, Ashok Kumar Jaiswar, Shashi Bhusan, Satya Prakash Shukla
Summary: Mangrove ecosystems provide ecological services and livelihood support, but are facing extreme pressure from debris pollution. The study shows that mangroves act as natural filters and traps for coastal water debris, but trapped debris poses potential risks and ecological disturbances. Regular cleaning programs and debris removal are essential for effective control and management of debris pollution in mangrove regions.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Studies
Elie Antoine Padonou, N. Innocent Gbai, Moustapha Aremou Kolawole, Rodrigue Idohou, Mireille Toyi
Summary: Mangroves worldwide provide ecosystem services to humanity, but face threats from rising populations and human activities. Climate change is expected to severely impact mangrove ecosystems. Implementing conservation policies, projects, and awareness activities can help restore mangrove ecosystems effectively.
Article
Ecology
Riley Andrade, Janet Franklin, Kelli L. Larson, Christopher M. Swan, Susannah B. Lerman, Heather L. Bateman, Paige S. Warren, Abigail York
Summary: This paper addresses the challenge of understanding how human activities influence the processes by which ecological communities are structured in urban ecosystems by developing a framework that links social-ecological dynamics to ecological communities using the metacommunity perspective. The framework provides a theoretical and empirical foundation for transdisciplinary research to examine how social-ecological dynamics mediate the assembly of novel communities in urban ecosystems.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Blandina R. Lugendo, Ismael A. Kimirei
Summary: The study conducted in five mangrove ecosystems in Tanzania revealed anthropogenic nitrogen pollution, with varying degrees of pollution indicated by different nitrogen isotope values. The enrichment of 815N values suggests that polluted sites may receive high loads of domestic sewage from surrounding communities, industries, and agriculture. Proper waste and wastewater management upstream are recommended to protect mangrove ecosystems.
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Emily A. A. Carnauba, Lorena de M. J. Gomes, Gabriel S. Garcia, Cesar A. M. M. Cordeiro, Thiago C. Mendes, Carlos E. L. Ferreira, Douglas F. M. Gherardi
Summary: The Flywheel Effect refers to the interaction between different economic sectors, where the decline of one sector affects the development of others, leading to a chain reaction.
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Zhuo Zhou, Cui-jing Zhang, Peng-fei Liu, Lin Fu, Rafael Laso-Perez, Lu Yang, Li-ping Bai, Jiang Li, Min Yang, Jun-zhang Lin, Wei-dong Wang, Gunter Wegener, Meng Li, Lei Cheng
Summary: Recent studies have shown that the archaeon 'Candidatus Methanoliparum' can independently degrade long-chain hydrocarbons and produce methane. This alkylotrophic methanogen is widely distributed in oil-rich environments and may play a crucial role in transforming hydrocarbons into methane.
Article
Biology
Mingwei Cai, Changhai Duan, Xinxu Zhang, Jie Pan, Yang Liu, Cuijing Zhang, Meng Li
Summary: Theionarchaea, a recently described archaeal class within the Euryarchaeota, was found in sediment ecosystems with potential metabolic capabilities including detoxifying proteins and amino acids. Through metagenomics and metatranscriptomics, Theionarchaea's role in marine ecosystems and its syntrophic relationship with fermenters and methanogens were revealed.
SCIENCE CHINA-LIFE SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Mingwei Cai, Xiuran Yin, Xiaoyu Tang, Cuijing Zhang, Qingfei Zheng, Meng Li
Summary: The study investigated methanogens in vegetated coastal ecosystems and found that mangroves have more diverse methane-producing archaea compared to saltmarshes and seagrasses, where methylotrophic methanogenesis is predominant. The research identified 13 groups of methanogenic archaea being transcribed in VCEs, with Methanosarcinales being the most predominant. This suggests potential distinct methane production contributions in different VCEs to global warming.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Xinxu Zhang, Yuhan Huang, Yang Liu, Wei Xu, Jie Pan, Xiaowei Zheng, Huan Du, Cuijing Zhang, Zhongyi Lu, Dayu Zou, Zongbao Liu, Mingwei Cai, Jinbo Xiong, Yaxin Zhu, Zhiyang Dong, Hongchen Jiang, Hailiang Dong, Juquan Jiang, Zhuhua Luo, Li Huang, Meng Li
Summary: This study analyzed 146 Thermoprofundales genomes and revealed five subgroups with distinct habitat preferences. Most of the microorganisms from Subgroups B and D are thermophiles inhabiting hydrothermal vents and hot spring sediments, while those from Subgroup E are adapted to surface environments with sunlight. The study also discovered that Thermoprofundales may have the ability to produce H2 gas, and the peripheral arm structure of Subgroup E plays an important role in evolution.
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Cui-Jing Zhang, Yu-Rong Liu, Guihong Cha, Yang Liu, Xin-Quan Zhou, Zhongyi Lu, Jie Pan, Mingwei Cai, Meng Li
Summary: Methylmercury (MeHg) is a potent neurotoxin that bioaccumulates along food chains. The diversity and distribution of putative microbial Hg-methylators in mangrove ecosystems were investigated using metagenomic and metatranscriptomic analyses. Asgard archaea, including Lokiarchaeota, were identified as potential novel Hg-methylating microorganisms. These findings suggest the important role of Asgard archaea in hgcA evolution and MeHg production.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Zongbao Liu, Xiulin Wan, Cuijing Zhang, Mingwei Cai, Yueping Pan, Meng Li
Summary: This study investigated the occurrence, host range, and potential mobility of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in six mangrove ecosystems in southeastern China. The research identified a total of 348 ARG subtypes, with some being associated with clinically relevant antibiotics. The results also revealed more than 42 bacterial phyla as potential hosts of ARGs.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Microbiology
Yang Tong, Xinying Wu, Yang Liu, Huiyu Chen, Yan Zhou, Li Jiang, Meng Li, Suwen Zhao, Yan Zhang
Summary: Many bacteriophages evade bacterial immune recognition by substituting adenine with 2,6-diaminopurine (Z) in their genomes. A naturally existing PurZ variant, PurZ0, which uses guanosine triphosphate as the phosphate donor, has been identified and characterized. The structure of PurZ0 is highly analogous to that of archaeal PurA, suggesting it is an intermediate in the evolution from archaeal PurA to phage PurZ.
NATURE MICROBIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Yuchen Meng, Baohui Jin, Karyne M. Rogers, Haichao Zhou, Xin Song, Yihui Zhang, Guanghui Lin, Hao Wu
Summary: This study examined water isotope fractionation models in different grapevine tissues and organs in the Helan Mountains, a major wine-producing area in northwestern China. The results indicated that the d(2)H values of local groundwater sources were more negative, while rivers and precipitation had higher values. Soil water had significantly higher d(2)H and d(18)O values compared to other environmental water sources. The study also found that O-18/16 fractionation in grapes is more likely to occur under drought conditions, which has implications for traceability accuracy and origin protection in wine production areas.
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Marine
Huilan Zhu, Yuqing Guo, Haichao Zhou, Yi-Jia Shih, Fenglan Li, Fred Wang Fat Lee, Steven Jingliang Xu, Nora Fung Yee Tam
Summary: This article describes and illustrates a new species named Belbolla mangrove sp. nov., isolated from the mangrove wetlands in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces, China. This species is characterized by its pharynx with four bulbs, a small gubernaculum with a short dorsocaudal apophysis, four weakly developed precloacal supplements, a conico-cylindrical tail with a terminal spinneret, and the absence of terminal setae. It differs from B. vietnamica in the absence of ocelli and the blunt and rounded proximal ends of the spicules. The 18S rDNA GenBank accession numbers for B. mangrove sp. nov. are provided.
JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2023)
Editorial Material
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Meng Li, Changhai Duan
CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN-CHINESE
(2023)
Article
Microbiology
Huan Du, Jie Pan, Cuijing Zhang, Xilan Yang, Cheng Wang, Xiaolan Lin, Jinhui Li, Wan Liu, Haokui Zhou, Xiaoli Yu, Shuming Mo, Guoqing Zhang, Guoping Zhao, Wu Qu, Chengjian Jiang, Yun Tian, Zhili He, Yang Liu, Meng Li
Summary: The study compares the microbial features of mangrove ecosystems in China and South America, finding analogous assembly patterns and key functional guilds. The entire communities exhibit significant distance-decay patterns and are strongly influenced by stochastic processes, while the assembly of specialists may be related to the behaviors of organisms in the mangrove ecosystems. Sulfate-reducing prokaryotes dominate the mangrove microbiomes and play important roles in maintaining community structure and functions.
MICROBIOLOGY SPECTRUM
(2023)
