Linking biodiversity and ecological function through extensive microeukaryotic movement across different habitats in six urban parks
Shuzhen Li, Kexin Ren, Xue Yan, Andrey N. Tsyganov, Yuri Mazei, Alexey V. Smirnov, Natalia Mazei, Yiyue Zhang, Christopher Rensing, Jun Yang
Abstract
Highly diverse but divergent microeukaryotes dwell in all types of habitats in urban park ecosystems. Extensive microbial migration occurs between both terrestrial and aquatic habitats. Microbial movement is beneficial to the maintenance of biodiversity and the exchange of functional guilds.
Topics & Concepts
BiodiversityHabitatGeographyEcologyFunction (biology)Movement (music)BiologyEvolutionary biologyAestheticsPhilosophyMicrobial Community Ecology and PhysiologyEnvironmental DNA in Biodiversity StudiesProtist diversity and phylogeny