This chapter introduces the environmental gradients that characterize the broader Red Sea
habitat. The Red Sea is formed by an actively spreading rift and notably has only one natural …

Knowledge on large-scale biological processes in the southern Red Sea is relatively limited,
primarily due to the scarce in situ, and satellite-derived chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) datasets …

In oligotrophic waters, dissolved organic carbon (DOC) is mostly produced in the surface
layers by phytoplankton and remineralized by heterotrophic prokaryotes throughout the …

The semi-enclosed nature of the Red Sea (20.2° N–38.5° N) makes it a natural laboratory to
study the influence of environmental gradients on microbial communities. This study …

Abstract Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) have been applied worldwide to
describe eukaryotic cryptic reef fauna. Conversely, bacterial communities, which are critical …

The role of bottom‐up (nutrient availability) and top‐down (grazers and viruses mortality)
controls on tropical bacterioplankton have been rarely investigated simultaneously from a …

The diversity of coral reef and soft sediment ecosystems in the Red Sea has to date received
limited scientific attention. This study investigates changes in the community composition of …

Hydrographic and atmospheric forcing set fundamental constraints on the biogeochemistry
of aquatic ecosystems and manifest in the patterns of nutrient availability and recycling …

Spatial differences in the isotope values of widely distributed marine apex consumers may
reflect geographical differences in the isotopic composition of basal resources (eg …

Bacterioplankton play a pivotal role in marine ecosystems. However, their temporal
dynamics and underlying control mechanisms are poorly understood in tropical regions …