Bacterioplankton community responses and the potential ecological thresholds along disturbance gradients

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 696; p. 134015
• Main Authors: Xuan, Lixia, Sheng, Zheliang, Lu, Jiaqi, Qiu, Qiongfen, Chen, Jiong, Xiong, Jinbo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.12.2019
• Subjects: Aquatic Organisms; Bacteria; bacterioplankton; Bacterioplankton community; Biodiversity; biogeochemical cycles; biogeography; buffering capacity; China; Coastal pollution; coastal zone management; Distance-decay; East China Sea; Ecology; Environmental Monitoring; Non-linear responses; OPI-discriminatory taxa; Plankton; pollution; regression analysis; Tipping points; China; East China Sea; Tipping points; OPI; MRM; PLS-PM; BCCs; ANOSIM; DDR; CAP; Non-linear responses; perMANOVA; Distance-decay; OPI-discriminatory taxa; Coastal pollution; Bacterioplankton community; GoF

Increasing intensity and frequency of coastal pollutions are the trajectory to be expected due to anthropogenic pressures. However, it is still unclear how and to what extent bacterioplankton communities respond to the two factors, despite the functional importance of bacterioplankton in biogeochemi...