The classical view states that microbial biogeography is not affected by dispersal barriers or
historical events, but only influenced by the local contemporary habitat conditions (species …

Climate change has a massive impact on the global water cycle. Subsurface ecosystems,
the earth largest reservoir of liquid freshwater, currently experience a significant increase in …

Although it is generally accepted that plant community composition is key for predicting rates
of ecosystem processes in the face of global change, microbial community composition is …

Many studies have shown that species sorting, that is, the selection by local environmental
conditions is important for the composition and assembly of bacterial communities. On the …

Lakes are active components of the global carbon cycle and host a range of processes that
degrade and modify dissolved organic matter (DOM). Through the degradation of DOM …

A fundamental issue in microbial and general ecology is the question to what extent
environmental conditions dictate the structure of communities and the linkages with …

Permafrost thawing leads to the formation of thermokarst ponds that potentially emit CO2
and CH4 to the atmosphere. In the Nunavik subarctic region (northern Québec, Canada) …

This study investigates the importance of local vs. spatial factors on bacterial community
composition of 35 rock pools at the Baltic Sea coast. The pools were located in five distinct …

Metabolic plasticity and functional redundancy are fundamental properties of microbial
communities, which shape their response to environmental forcing, and also mediate the …

Water entering lakes from the surrounding watershed often delivers large amounts of
terrestrial‐derived dissolved organic carbon (DOC) that can contribute to aquatic bacterial …