Microorganisms play crucial roles in maintaining ecosystem stability. The last two decades
have witnessed an upsurge in studies on marine microbial community composition using …

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

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 …

Bacterial communities play a critical role in food webs and the biogeochemical cycles of
fundamental elements. However, there remains a substantial gap in our knowledge of the …

Aquatic microbial ecosystems are increasingly under threat from human activities,
highlighting the need to for the development and application of biomonitoring tools that can …

Of all of the strategies for controlling reverse osmosis (RO) membrane fouling, chemical
cleaning is indispensable. To study the effects of chemical cleaning on membrane foulant …

Background Annually reoccurring microbial populations with strong spatial and temporal
variations have been identified in estuarine environments, especially in those with long …

Cyanobacterial blooms are a worldwide environmental problem, which is partly attributed to
their access to excessive nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P). Preventing the blooms by …

The abundant and diverse microorganisms that inhabit aquatic systems are both
determinants and indicators of aquatic health, providing essential ecosystem services such …

The prokaryotic community composition and diversity and the distribution patterns at various
taxonomic levels across gradients of salinity and physiochemical properties in the surface …