The use of lake sedimentary DNA to track the long-term changes in both terrestrial and
aquatic biota is a rapidly advancing field in paleoecological research. Although largely …

Plankton are a pivotal component of the diversity and functioning of coastal marine
ecosystems. A long time-series of observations is the best tool to trace their patterns and …

The Bacillariaceae is a very species-rich family of raphid diatoms and includes the large and
taxonomically difficult genus Nitzschia, whose species are often small-celled and finely …

Algal blooms in lakes are a major hazard worldwide. Although various geographical and
environmental patterns affect algal communities during river-lake transit, a thorough …

Aim Plankton diversity is a pivotal element of marine ecosystem stability and functioning. A
major obstacle in the assessment of diversity is the lack of consistency between patterns …

Our study evaluates differences in the distribution and ecology of genetic variants within
several ecologically important diatom species that are also key for Water Framework …

Diatoms' bloom dynamics, with seasonal cycling of waxes and wanes of cell abundance,
imply frequent bottleneck and expansion events that can leave signatures in the genetic …

Land-use imposes an important potential threat on the aquatic ecosystems of riverine
habitats. In this study, DNA metabarcoding was used to assess the effect of land-use on …

Protists (microbial eukaryotes) are a critically important but understudied group of
microorganisms. They are ubiquitous, represent most of the genetic and functional diversity …

We investigated the advantages and disadvantages of light microscope (LM)-based
identifications and DNA metabarcoding, based on a 312-bp rbcL marker, for examining …