Plankton are a pivotal component of the diversity and functioning of coastal marine ecosystems. A long time-series of observations is the best tool to trace their patterns and …
The Bacillariaceae is a very species-rich family of raphid diatoms and includes the large and taxonomically difficult genus Nitzschia, whose species are often small-celled and finely …
G Busseni, L Caputi, R Piredda… - Global Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Plankton diversity is a pivotal element of marine ecosystem stability and functioning. A major obstacle in the assessment of diversity is the lack of consistency between patterns …
S Wu, Y Dong, T Stoeck, S Wang, H Fan, Y Wang… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Algal blooms in lakes are a major hazard worldwide. Although various geographical and environmental patterns affect algal communities during river-lake transit, a thorough …
Our study evaluates differences in the distribution and ecology of genetic variants within several ecologically important diatom species that are also key for Water Framework …
Diatoms' bloom dynamics, with seasonal cycling of waxes and wanes of cell abundance, imply frequent bottleneck and expansion events that can leave signatures in the genetic …
Land-use imposes an important potential threat on the aquatic ecosystems of riverine habitats. In this study, DNA metabarcoding was used to assess the effect of land-use on …
Protists (microbial eukaryotes) are a critically important but understudied group of microorganisms. They are ubiquitous, represent most of the genetic and functional diversity …
J Pérez-Burillo, G Valoti, A Witkowski, P Prado… - Marine Pollution …, 2022 - Elsevier
We investigated the advantages and disadvantages of light microscope (LM)-based identifications and DNA metabarcoding, based on a 312-bp rbcL marker, for examining …