Genetic Diversity of Benthic Microbial Eukaryotes in Response to Spatial Heterogeneity of Sediment Geochemistry in a Mangrove Ecosystem

• Published in: Estuaries and coasts Vol. 41; no. 3; pp. 751 - 764
• Main Authors: Zhu, Ping, Wang, Yaping, Shi, Tiantian, Huang, Guoqiang, Gong, Jun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer Science+Business Media 01.05.2018; Springer US; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Ammonium; Ammonium compounds; Bacillariophyceae; Bacillariophyta; Chlorophyta; Coastal Sciences; Communities; Community composition; Community structure; data collection; Diatoms; Distribution; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecology; Ecosystems; Environment; Environmental Management; Eukaryota; Eukaryotes; eukaryotic cells; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Fungi; Gene sequencing; genes; Genetic diversity; Genetic variation; Geochemistry; Heterogeneity; Mangrove swamps; Mangroves; Microorganisms; Organic carbon; Organic matter; Patchiness; Rhizosphere; ribosomal RNA; rRNA 18S; Sediment; Sediments; Spatial distribution; Spatial heterogeneity; spatial variation; species diversity; Sulfates; Water and Health; Zonation; Fungi; Biogeochemistry; Benthos; Rhizosphere effect; Protist; Blue carbon ecosystem

Little is known about the diversity, community composition, or distribution of benthic microbial eukaryotes in organic carbon (OC)-rich mangrove sediments. We hypothesized that the distribution of microeukaryotes was related to the spatial heterogeneity of mangrove sediment geochemistry due to tidal...