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MICROORGANISMS
卷 10, 期 12, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10122425
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protist; eutrophication; phytoplankton; tropical; metabarcoding; taxonomic and functional diversity
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- Henry Sanchez
Land use and trophic state significantly affect the composition of microbial eukaryote communities in freshwater systems, with impacted and mesotrophic sites having higher biodiversity.
Land use disrupts the ecosystem functioning of freshwater systems and significantly affects trophic state. Consequently, biodiversity is severely affected by changes to the ecosystem. Microbial eukaryotes (i.e., protists) play an essential role in ecosystem functioning, contributing to biogeochemical processes, nutrient cycling, and food webs. Protist composition is a useful biological quality parameter for monitoring aquatic ecosystems and determining aquatic system health. In this study, we investigated the effects of land usage and trophic state on the communities of microbial eukaryotes in the New River (Belize, C.A.). Land use and trophic state both significantly affected protist community compositions, with impacted and mesotrophic sampled sites having higher biodiversity when compared to other sites. Autotrophic organisms dominated indirectly impacted and eutrophic sites, while impacted and mesotrophic sites had proportional ratios of autotrophic and heterotrophic organisms. Our study highlights the significant effects of trophic gradients on protistan community composition, even at the local scales.
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