The amazing morphological diversity of phytoplankton has to be considered an
evolutionarily driven compendium of strategies to cope with the strong variability and …

This review compiles principal data on Antarctic cynobacteria published in recent decades
and focuses on the diversity, environmental adaptations, and ecotypes of these …

Aim The geographical distribution of bacteria is an important, but poorly understood, topic in
microbial ecology. A major question is how broadly distributed generalist taxa, and limitedly …

Assessing the relative contributions of the interacting deterministic and stochastic ecological
processes for phytoplankton community assembly is crucial in understanding and predicting …

Methods Protistan community structure analysis was based on the diversity of the V2–V3
hypervariable region of the 18S rRNA gene. Operational taxonomic units (OTUs) were …

Many nominal species of microscopic animals traditionally fitting the 'everything is
everywhere'paradigm have been revealed to be complexes of cryptic species. Here, we …

Phytoplankton are dominant primary producers and key indicators in aquatic ecosystems.
Understanding the controlling factors on the structure of phytoplankton assemblages is …

Understanding oceanic ecological processes requires identifying biogeographic regions but
incorporating the partitioning of planktonic communities, particularly zooplankton, has been …

Understanding the underlying mechanisms of community assembly is a major challenge in
microbial ecology, particularly in communities composed of diverse organisms with different …

Untangling the complexities of harmful algal bloom (HAB) dynamics is an ongoing effort that
requires a fundamental understanding of spatiotemporal phytoplankton patterns and the …