Freshwater bacteria are at the hub of biogeochemical cycles and control water quality in
lakes. Despite this, little is known about the identity and ecology of functionally significant …

This study explored the short-term planktonic microbial community structure and resilience
in Lake Lanier (GA, USA) while simultaneously evaluating the technical aspects of …

Aquatic microbes, like all organisms, have biogeographies, but this subject has attracted
relatively little attention. In this review, recent results exploiting techniques of molecular …

Bacteria have important roles in freshwater food webs and in the cycling of elements in the
ecosystem. Yet specific ecological features of individual phylogenetic groups and …

Human activities are causing a global proliferation of cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms
(CHABs), yet we have limited understanding of how these events affect freshwater bacterial …

Factors influencing patterns in the distribution and abundance of plant and animal taxa
modulate ecosystem function and ecosystem response to environmental change, which is …

This study used a genetic fingerprinting technique (automated ribosomal intergenic spacer
analysis [ARISA]) to characterize microbial communities from a culture-independent …

Population dynamics are influenced by drivers acting from outside and from within an
ecosystem. Extrinsic forces operating over broad spatial scales can impart synchronous …

One major goal in microbial ecology is to establish the importance of deterministic and
stochastic processes for community assembly. This is relevant to explain and predict how …

Cyanobacterial blooms occur in lakes worldwide, producing toxins that pose a serious
public health threat. Eutrophication caused by human activities and warmer temperatures …