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| Title |
Bacterioplankton Dynamics within a Large Anthropogenically Impacted Urban Estuary
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Microbiology, January 2016
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| DOI | 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01438 |
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| Authors |
Thomas C. Jeffries, Maria L. Schmitz Fontes, Daniel P. Harrison, Virginie Van-Dongen-Vogels, Bradley D. Eyre, Peter J. Ralph, Justin R. Seymour |
| Abstract |
The abundant and diverse microorganisms that inhabit aquatic systems are both determinants and indicators of aquatic health, providing essential ecosystem services such as nutrient cycling but also causing harmful blooms and disease in impacted habitats. Estuaries are among the most urbanized coastal ecosystems and as a consequence experience substantial environmental pressures, providing ideal systems to study the influence of anthropogenic inputs on microbial ecology. Here we use the highly urbanized Sydney Harbor, Australia, as a model system to investigate shifts in microbial community composition and function along natural and anthopogenic physicochemical gradients, driven by stormwater inflows, tidal flushing and the input of contaminants and both naturally and anthropogenically derived nutrients. Using a combination of amplicon sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene and shotgun metagenomics, we observed strong patterns in microbial biogeography across the estuary during two periods: one of high and another of low rainfall. These patterns were driven by shifts in nutrient concentration and dissolved oxygen leading to a partitioning of microbial community composition in different areas of the harbor with different nutrient regimes. Patterns in bacterial composition were related to shifts in the abundance of Rhodobacteraceae, Flavobacteriaceae, Microbacteriaceae, Halomonadaceae, Acidomicrobiales, and Synechococcus, coupled to an enrichment of total microbial metabolic pathways including phosphorus and nitrogen metabolism, sulfate reduction, virulence, and the degradation of hydrocarbons. Additionally, community beta-diversity was partitioned between the two sampling periods. This potentially reflected the influence of shifting allochtonous nutrient inputs on microbial communities and highlighted the temporally dynamic nature of the system. Combined, our results provide insights into the simultaneous influence of natural and anthropogenic drivers on the structure and function of microbial communities within a highly urbanized aquatic ecosystem. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 25% |
| Canada | 1 | 13% |
| Australia | 1 | 13% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 3 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 4 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 3 | 38% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 128 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 123 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 24 | 19% |
| Researcher | 22 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 5% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 20 | 16% |
| Unknown | 32 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Science | 36 | 28% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 33 | 26% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 8 | 6% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 3 | 2% |
| Chemistry | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 9 | 7% |
| Unknown | 36 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. 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 15 March 2016.
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#7,161
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