Species invasions shift microbial phenology in a two-decade freshwater time series

RR Rohwer, RJ Hale… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Invasive species impart abrupt changes on ecosystems, but their impacts on microbial
communities are often overlooked. We paired a 20 y freshwater microbial community time …

Laboratory measurements underestimate persistence of the aquatic herbicide fluridone in lakes

SR Van Frost, AM White, JM Jauquet… - … Science: Processes & …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Fluridone is an aquatic herbicide commonly used to treat invasive freshwater plant species
such as Eurasian watermilfoil, hydrilla, and curly-leaf pondweed. However, required …

[HTML][HTML] Bacterial ecology and evolution converge on seasonal and decadal scales

RR Rohwer, M Kirkpatrick, SL Garcia, M Kellom… - bioRxiv, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Ecology and evolution are distinct theories, but the short lifespans and large population
sizes of microbes allow evolution to unfold along contemporary ecological time scales. To …

The aftermath of a trophic cascade: Increased anoxia following species invasion of a eutrophic lake

RR Rohwer, R Ladwig, HA Dugan, PC Hanson… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Species invasions can disrupt aquatic ecosystems by re-wiring food webs. A trophic
cascade triggered by the invasion of the predatory zooplankter spiny water flea …

Lake iTag measurements over nineteen years, introducing the limony dataset

RR Rohwer, KD McMahon - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Lakes are focal points of biogeochemical cycling on the terrestrial landscape, and microbial
communities are the machines driving these processes. However, our view into how …