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| Title |
Contrasting assembly processes in a bacterial metacommunity along a desiccation gradient
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Microbiology, December 2014
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| DOI | 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00668 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Angel Valverde, Thulani P. Makhalanyane, Don A. Cowan |
| Abstract |
Understanding the relative influence of deterministic and stochastic processes in driving community assembly is a major goal in microbial ecology. Here, we have investigated the influence of these processes on bacterial community assembly in the lateral sediments of a salt pan along a desiccation gradient over a three-year period. We show that the role of deterministic processes increases in communities distant from the water line (shaped by drought), probably as a result of the interplay between abiotic and biotic factors. By contrast, the influence of stochastic processes on bacterial community assembly was higher in the sediments closest to the water line, more likely due to lower levels of abiotic stress. Our results demonstrate that both deterministic and stochastic processes influence bacterial community assembly in salt pan sediments, and that their relative influence varies along a desiccation gradient. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1 | 17% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 17% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 17% |
| United States | 1 | 17% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 1 | 17% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 6 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 93 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 3% |
| Mexico | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 89 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 25 | 27% |
| Researcher | 19 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 16 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 12 | 13% |
| Unknown | 8 | 9% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 47 | 51% |
| Environmental Science | 23 | 25% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 3% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 3 | 3% |
| Chemistry | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 3 | 3% |
| Unknown | 12 | 13% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 February 2017.
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#6,358,698
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#5,898
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#81,310
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#57
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