Background The deep mechanisms (deterministic and/or stochastic processes) underlying
community assembly are a central challenge in microbial ecology. However, the relative …

Bacterioplankton play an important role in the biogeochemical cycling in rivers. The
dynamics of hydrologic conditions in rivers were believed to affect geographic pattern and …

Freshwater ecosystems are sensitive to disturbances related to human activities, such as
climate and land-use changes. To predict and understand the potential impacts of these …

Estuaries are important in terms of biodiversity, biogeochemical function, and ecological
balance due to their intense land-sea interactions. The sustainability of estuarine ecosystem …

Urbanization often exerts multiple effects on aquatic and terrestrial organisms, including
changes in biodiversity, species composition and ecosystem functions. However, the …

In deep drinking water reservoir ecosystems, the dynamics and interactions of community
compositions of phytoplankton and eukaryotes during the mixing periods are still unclear …

Longitudinal environmental heterogeneity and directionality of the water movement are key
features that may exert contrasting forces on riverine plankton assembly. Directionality …

Purpose Microorganisms are an essential component of riverine ecosystems. However, the
assembly mechanisms of riverine microbial sub-communities with different rarity are poorly …

Endogenous phosphorus (P) release from lake sediments is an important factor in the
eutrophication of overlying waters, as P is the limiting nutrient salt affecting cyanobacterial …

Abstract Drainages in the Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration (PRDUA) host vital aquatic
ecosystems and face enormous pressures from human activities in one of the largest urban …