- Topic:Biodiversity
Distinct contributions of suspended and sinking prokaryotes to mesopelagic carbon budget
Oceans are important carbon sinks. Bacteria play a central role in carbon cycling because, collectively, they convert more organic material than all other marine organisms combined. Their activity acts as a “carbon pump”, ensuring that life is possible in the deep sea. The authors quantified the effect of bacteria in the middle ocean layers, known as the twilight zone, in the North-East Atlantic.
Flow variability and macroinvertebrates jointly regulate stream periphyton and metabolism: Insights from experimental stream mesocosms
In stream mesocosm experiments the authors tested how reduced flow and a sequence of controlled flushing events, with or without macroinvertebrates, affect periphyton community composition, algal biovolume, and ecosystem metabolism. Flow variability and macroinvertebrates control periphyton structure, metabolism, and carbon cycling, with macroinvertebrates stabilising responses to disturbance.
Implementing the European Union Biodiversity Strategy: Interlinked challenges and a potential way forward
Dynamic Environmental Niches of Marine Invasive Species Over 200 Years
Optimizing river restoration: A multi-scenario approach to barrier removal prioritization
Nocturnal pandas: conservation umbrellas protecting nocturnal biodiversity
The microbiology of Uganda’s large freshwater lakes experiencing anthropogenic and climatic perturbations: why it matters—a review
Soil alkaline phosphatase-encoding bacteria relate closely to microbial biomass phosphorus in changing environments
Daphnia-associated bacterial communities correlate with diet quantity, environmental conditions, and epidemic size across natural outbreaks