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Ecology
Jared Bernard, Christopher B. Wall, Maria S. Costantini, Randi L. Rollins, Melissa L. Atkins, Feresa P. Cabrera, Nicolas D. Cetraro, Christian K. J. Feliciano, Austin L. Greene, Philip K. Kitamura, Alejandro Olmedo-Velarde, Vithanage N. S. Sirimalwatta, Helen W. Sung, Leah P. M. Thompson, Huong T. Vu, Chad J. Wilhite, Anthony S. Amend
Summary: Plant microbiomes are influenced by environmental and host physiochemical factors, with fungal community composition changing at a different rate along spatial scales compared to bacterial composition. Microbes are compositionally nested within plants, with differences in microbial distribution between aboveground and belowground parts.
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Engineering, Environmental
David Correa-Galeote, Alba Roibas-Rozas, Anuska Mosquera-Corral, Belen Juarez-Jimenez, Jesus Gonzalez-Lopez, Belen Rodelas
Summary: This study found that the microbial communities in industrial wastewater treatment plants treating fish-canning effluents were sensitive to NaCl concentration, and there were significant differences in microbial community structure among different plants.
JOURNAL OF WATER PROCESS ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Gaohui Jia, Qiu Yang, Huai Yang, Yamin Jiang, Wenjie Liu, Tingting Wu, Han Mao, Tianyan Su, Zhenghong Tan, Xu Wang, Juelei Li
Summary: The study found that non-microbial methane emissions from soil in tropical rainforests are influenced by factors such as temperature, soil water content, and hydrogen peroxide. Soil NM-CH4 release increased linearly with incubation time in the first 24 hours at 70 degrees C, and then showed a logarithmic increase in 192 h incubation. Aerobic conditions resulted in higher NM-CH4 emission rates compared to anaerobic conditions in the initial 24 h incubation period.
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Environmental Sciences
Fernando Silva Bernardes, Mariana Antonio de Souza Pereira, Ismail Abdallah Ismail Hassan, Alinne Pereira de Castro, Kennedy Francis Roche, Paula Loureiro Paulo
Summary: The study aimed to examine the relationships between environmental conditions and microbial processes in an improved constructed wetland system. Physicochemical analysis and high-throughput DNA sequencing revealed differences in microbial communities and environmental conditions in various zones, with distinct microbial populations associated with different stages of organic carbon conversion and nutrient cycles. The system predominantly operated under anaerobic conditions, showing variations in redox potential and chemical oxygen demand along the greywater flow.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ramilla Assuncao, Anne Lebourges-Dhaussy, Alex C. C. da Silva, Gildas Roudaut, Alejandro Ariza, Leandro N. N. Eduardo, Syumara Queiroz, Arnaud Bertrand
Summary: Ocean dynamics play a crucial role in shaping the structure of pelagic ecosystems by driving nutrient income and subsequent trophic interactions. However, fine-scale studies on the biophysical interactions along depth are limited. In this study, we assessed the vertical structure of oceanographic variables and the distribution of acoustic biomass to improve our understanding of these relationships. The results highlight the importance of chlorophyll-a, oxygen, current, and stratification as drivers for the distribution of sound scattering biota, with their relative importance varying depending on the area, depth range, and diel cycle.
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Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Lorenzo Parri, Stefano Parrino, Giacomo Peruzzi, Alessandro Pozzebon
Summary: This article presents a long-range wide-area network (LoRaWAN) infrastructure used for data transmission from a floating sensor node in the sea to a multigateway structure on the coast. The system successfully covers a distance of 8.33 km and demonstrates the usability of LoRaWAN in offshore monitoring structures. The article analyzes the performance of data transmission and highlights the application potential of LoRaWAN in various contexts.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Alan R. Pacheco, Melisa L. Osborne, Daniel Segre
Summary: The study investigates how microbial community properties change with increasing complexity of resource combinations. Results show that environmental composition plays a major role in determining microbiome dynamics, and growth yield may not increase additively with environmental complexity. Factors like species similarity, degree of specialization, and metabolic interactions influence the non-additive behavior of communities in response to combinations of resource pools.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Christine I. B. Wallis, Yvonne C. Tiede, Erwin Beck, Katrin Boehning-Gaese, Roland Brandl, David A. Donoso, Carlos Espinosa, Andreas Fries, Jurgen Homeier, Diego Inclan, Christoph Leuschner, Mark Maraun, Katrin Mikolajewski, Eike Lena Neuschulz, Stefan Scheu, Matthias Schleuning, Juan P. Suarez, Boris A. Tinoco, Nina Farwig, Jorg Bendix
Summary: The study suggests that a compound geodiversity index is not a suitable single surrogate predictor for species diversity and ecosystem functions in tropical mountain rain forest ecosystems. Instead, the combination of environmental variables is more effective in explaining species diversity and ecosystem functions compared to a single geodiversity index.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Opale Coutant, Celine Jezequel, Karel Mokany, Isabel Cantera, Raphael Covain, Alice Valentini, Tony Dejean, Sebastien Brosse, Jerome Murienne
Summary: Freshwater ecosystems are highly endangered, and understanding the impact of human activities on these ecosystems is crucial. This study used eDNA-based fish inventories and community-level modelling to identify the factors driving fish assembly and map spatial biodiversity. The results showed a mismatch between taxonomic and functional diversity, with environmental and anthropic factors playing a major role in functional assemblages. These findings have important implications for monitoring programs and the establishment of new survey sites to improve representativity of fish diversity.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Lorenzo Pin, Alexander Eiler, Stefano Fazi, Nikolai Friberg
Summary: Microbial communities play a crucial role in river ecosystems, but biomonitoring tools relying on prokaryotes are still lacking. This study compared the efficacy of metabarcoding and CARD-FISH techniques in detecting changes in microbial community structure in rivers. Metabarcoding showed higher accuracy in differentiating regions and river systems compared to CARD-FISH, making it a faster and more reliable option for large-scale bio-assessment.
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Kuttanelloor Roshni, Chelapurath Radhakrishnan Renjithkumar, Giri Bhavan Sreekanth, Rajeev Raghavan, Kutty Ranjeet
Summary: Based on the study of fish guild structures in Vembanad Lake, India, it was found that there were seven ecological guilds, six feeding guilds, three vertical distribution guilds, five reproductive-mode functional groups, and five flow preference guilds. The estuary had high species diversity, but low individual species abundance, and the fish diversity varied from upper to lower estuary. The absence of a significant relationship between season and fish guild structuring could be attributed to anthropogenic interventions in the middle zone. Salinity variations considerably influenced the fish guild formation in the estuary.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Bastian Maehler, Kathrin Janssen, Mara Iris Loenartz, Markus Lagos, Thorsten Geisler, Jes Rust, Gabriele Bierbaum
Summary: This study investigates the fossilization process of crayfish using controlled taphonomic experiments. The development of bacterial community composition was found to be correlated with decay and preservation stages. The presence of the bacterial genus Proteocatella increased the precipitation of calcite clusters during crayfish decomposition in freshwater, suggesting its potential role in fossilization.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Caroline Stefani da Silva Lima, Emanuelle Bezerra Maciel, Fernando Jose Konig Clark, Andre Luiz Machado Pessanha
Summary: Estuarine fish assemblages are sensitive to environmental conditions, and estuarine gradient plays an important role in fish diversity. Species turnover is the main factor influencing diversity. Salinity, coarse sand, and chlorophyll-a are the main environmental variables, and distance from estuary mouth and split are the main landscape variables.
Article
Fisheries
Ada Fontrodona-Eslava, Amy E. Deacon, Indar W. Ramnarine, Anne E. Magurran
Summary: Understanding the temporal trends in functional diversity of freshwater fish assemblages involves considering different currencies of abundance, such as numerical abundance and biomass, which can reveal different insights into how these systems are being restructured. A combined approach using both currencies contributes to our understanding of the ecological processes involved in biodiversity change in freshwater fish assemblages.
JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Baoshan Ma, Zhipeng Chu, Ruihang Zhou, Bin Xu, Kaijin Wei, Bing Li, Tianyi Zhao
Summary: This study investigated the spatial distribution of fish assemblages and their related environmental factors in the Anning River. The results showed significant variation in fish communities from upstream to downstream, mainly influenced by altitude and substratum composition. These findings provide important research foundations for understanding fish assemblages in mountainous rivers, biodiversity management, and habitat preservation of aquatic species.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Muslihudeen A. Abdul-Aziz, Gerhard Schoefl, Grit Mrotzek, Haryanti Haryanti, Ketut Sugama, Hans Peter Saluz
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2015)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Philipp Hennersdorf, Grit Mrotzek, Muslihudeen A. Abdul-Aziz, Hans Peter Saluz
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
(2016)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Vincensius S. P. Oetama, Philipp Hennersdorf, Muslihudeen A. Abdul-Aziz, Grit Mrotzek, Haryanti Haryanti, Hans Peter Saluz
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
(2016)
Review
Microbiology
Muslihudeen A. Abdul-Aziz, Alan Cooper, Laura S. Weyrich
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2016)
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Felix M. Key, Muslihudeen A. Abdul-Aziz, Roger Mundry, Benjamin M. Peter, Aarthi Sekar, Mauro D'Amato, Megan Y. Dennis, Joshua M. Schmidt, Aida M. Andres