From microbial communities to regional biogeography: Unraveling patterns, determinants and the influence of bottom trawling in benthic microbiota
G. Bonthond, J. Beermann, L. Gutow, A. Neumann, F. R. Barboza, A. Desiderato, V. Fofonova, S. Helber, S. Khodami, C. Kraan, H. Neumann, S. Rohde, P. J. Schupp
This study examines how benthic microbial communities in the North Sea vary with environmental and anthropogenic factors, finding that bottom trawling reduces diversity and shifts metabolic functions.
bioRxiv · Aug 9, 2023Ecology