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1. 14C Isotopes and microbial community structures as evidence for biodegradation in a petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated aquifer

Author:
Hang Lv; Xueyu Lin; Xiaosi Su; Yuling Zhang
Source:
Environmental earth sciences 2016 v.75 no.2 pp. 119
ISSN:
1866-6280
Subject:
Dechloromonas; Pseudomonas protegens; Pseudomonas putida; aquifers; bacterial communities; biodegradation; carbon; community structure; denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; groundwater contamination; groundwater flow; human health; hydrocarbons; petroleum; polymerase chain reaction; radionuclides; sequence analysis; soil; stable isotopes
Abstract:
... Petroleum hydrocarbon contamination of groundwater and soil constitutes a serious threat to human health and the natural environment. In situ biodegradation is a low-cost, low-risk and effective technique to remove petroleum hydrocarbon contaminants. The concentrations of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH), dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and [Formula: see text] were analyzed, and polymerase chai ...
DOI:
10.1007/s12665-015-4787-7

2. 16S metagenomics reveals changes in the soil bacterial community driven by soil organic C, N-fertilizer and tillage-crop residue management

Author:
Yosef Chávez-Romero; Yendi E. Navarro-Noya; Silvia C. Reynoso-Martínez; Yohana Sarria-Guzmán; Bram Govaerts; Nele Verhulst; Luc Dendooven; Marco Luna-Guido
Source:
Soil & tillage research 2016 v.159 pp. 1-8
ISSN:
0167-1987
Subject:
Agromyces; Lysobacter; Nitrosovibrio; Promicromonospora; Sinorhizobium; Streptomyces; Triticum; Vertisols; Zea mays; arable soils; bacterial communities; community structure; corn; crop residue management; crop residues; fertilizer application; metagenomics; microbial growth; mineralization; nitrogen; nitrogen fertilizers; pH; soil bacteria; soil organic carbon; sustainable agriculture; tillage; wheat; wheat soils; Mexico
Abstract:
... Conservation agriculture is a sustainable alternative to conventional agriculture. However, little is known about their effect on the environment and on the soil microbial community. It was established as a hypothesis that the bacterial community structure would be defined by the different agronomic practices. The objective of this study was, therefore, to investigate how crop residue management, ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.still.2016.01.007

3. 16S rRNA gene profiling of planktonic and biofilm microbial populations in the Gulf of Guinea using Illumina NGS

Author:
Sukriye Celikkol-Aydin; Christine C. Gaylarde; Tim Lee; Robert E. Melchers; Devin L. Witt; Iwona B. Beech
Source:
Marine environmental research 2016 v.122 pp. 105-112
ISSN:
0141-1136
Subject:
Bacillariophyceae; DNA; biofilm; carbon; community structure; data analysis; databases; genes; marine environment; oxidants; photosynthesis; plankton; ribosomal RNA; seawater; steel; sulfur; Gulf of Guinea
Abstract:
... 16S rRNA gene profiling using a pipeline involving the Greengenes database revealed that bacterial populations in innermost (proximal to the steel surface) and outer regions of biofilms on carbon steel exposed 3 m below the surface at an offshore site in the Gulf of Guinea differed from one another and from seawater. There was a preponderance of gammaproteobacterial sequences, representing organis ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.marenvres.2016.10.001

4. A Community‐Level, Mesoscale Analysis of Fish Assemblage Structure in Shoreline Habitats of a Large River Using Multivariate Regression Trees

Author:
M. A. Wilkes; I. Maddock; O. Link; E. Habit
Source:
River research and applications 2016 v.32 no.4 pp. 652-665
ISSN:
1535-1459
Subject:
Galaxias platei; Salmonidae; community structure; environmental factors; fish; habitats; hydroelectric power; models; power plants; rivers; shorelines; streams; Chile
Abstract:
... The mesoscale (10⁰–10² m) of river habitats has been identified as the scale that simultaneously offers insights into ecological structure and falls within the practical bounds of river management. Mesoscale habitat (mesohabitat) classifications for relatively large rivers, however, are underdeveloped compared with those produced for smaller streams. Approaches to habitat modelling have traditiona ...
DOI:
10.1002/rra.2879

5. A Multi‐Taxa Assessment of Biodiversity Change After Single and Recurrent Wildfires in a Brazilian Amazon Forest

Author:
Juliana M. Silveira; Julio Louzada; Jos Barlow; Rafael Andrade; Luiz Mestre; Ricardo Solar; Sébastien Lacau; Mark A. Cochrane
Source:
Biotropica 2016 v.48 no.2 pp. 170-180
ISSN:
0006-3606
Subject:
Formicidae; biomass; birds; canopy; community structure; drought; dung beetles; fauna; humans; land management; lianas; planning; plant communities; plant litter; saplings; species diversity; tropical forests; wildfires; Amazonia
Abstract:
... In the last decades, due to human land management that uses fire as a tool, and due to abnormal droughts, many tropical forests have become more susceptible to recurrent wildfires with negative consequences for biodiversity. Yet, studies are usually focused on few taxa and rarely compare different fire frequencies. We examined if the effects of single and recurrent fires are consistent for leaf li ...
DOI:
10.1111/btp.12267

6. A Stream Multimetric Macroinvertebrate Index (MMI) for the Sand Hills Ecoregion of the Southeastern Plains, USA

Author:
Ely Kosnicki; Stephen A. Sefick; Michael H. Paller; Miller S. Jerrell; Blair A. Prusha; Sean C. Sterrett; Tracey D. Tuberville; Jack W. Feminella
Source:
Environmental management 2016 v.58 no.4 pp. 741-751
ISSN:
0364-152X
Subject:
Plecoptera; Trichoptera; community structure; data collection; ecoregions; macroinvertebrates; screening; streams; stress response; summer; United States
Abstract:
... A macroinvertebrate multimetric index is an effective tool for assessing the biological integrity of streams. However, data collected under a single protocol may not be available for an entire region. We sampled macroinvertebrates from the full extent of the Sand Hills ecoregion Level IV of the Southeastern Plains with a standard protocol during the summers of 2010–2012. We evaluated the performan ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00267-016-0740-0

7. A baseline classification of riparian woodland plant communities in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

Author:
Gaolathe Tsheboeng; Mike Murray-Hudson; Keotshepile Kashe
Source:
Southern forests 2016 v.78 no.2 pp. 97-104
ISSN:
2070-2639
Subject:
Croton; Garcinia; Hyphaene; Syzygium; Vachellia; body water; cluster analysis; community structure; floodplains; forests; indicator species; monitoring; plant communities; riparian areas; species diversity; surface water; woodlands; Botswana
Abstract:
... In the Okavango Delta information on the riparian woodland vegetation community composition and distribution is generally lacking. Past studies in the Delta were mainly focused on the quantitative classification of seasonal floodplain herbaceous vegetation communities. The aim of this study was to determine riparian woodland vegetation communities in the Okavango Delta. Vegetation sampling was con ...
DOI:
10.2989/20702620.2015.1108619

8. A biological tool to assess flow connectivity in reference temporary streams from the Mediterranean Basin

Author:
N. Cid; I. Verkaik; E.M. García-Roger; M. Rieradevall; N. Bonada; M.M. Sánchez-Montoya; R. Gómez; M.L. Suárez; M.R. Vidal-Abarca; D. Demartini; A. Buffagni; S. Erba; I. Karaouzas; N. Skoulikidis; N. Prat
Source:
Science of the total environment 2016 v.540 pp. 178-190
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
Gerridae; Heptageniidae; Hydrophilidae; Hydropsychidae; Simuliidae; aquatic invertebrates; climate change; community structure; drought; hydrologic data; locomotion; macroinvertebrates; monitoring; prediction; rivers; stream flow; streams; taxonomy; Mediterranean region
Abstract:
... Many streams in the Mediterranean Basin have temporary flow regimes. While timing for seasonal drought is predictable, they undergo strong inter-annual variability in flow intensity. This high hydrological variability and associated ecological responses challenge the ecological status assessment of temporary streams, particularly when setting reference conditions. This study examined the effects o ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.06.086

9. A bird pollinator shows positive frequency dependence and constancy of species choice in natural plant communities

Author:
B. Schmid; H. Nottebrock; K. J. Esler; J. Pagel; K. Böhning‐Gaese; F. M. Schurr; T. Mueller; M. Schleuning
Source:
Ecology 2016 v.97 no.11 pp. 3110-3118
ISSN:
0012-9658
Subject:
Protea; birds; community structure; flowering; foraging; plant communities; plants (botany); pollen; pollinators; reproduction
Abstract:
... Animal pollinators mediate reproduction of many plant species. Foraging theory suggests that animal pollinators exhibit preferences for common plant species in natural communities (positive frequency‐dependent foraging) and temporary single‐species specialization (flower constancy) during foraging bouts. Positive frequency dependence may favor common plant species; flower constancy may enhance con ...
DOI:
10.1002/ecy.1565

10. A buried Neolithic paddy soil reveals loss of microbial functional diversity after modern rice cultivation

Author:
Yong-Guan Zhu; Jian-Qiang Su; Zhihong Cao; Kai Xue; John Quensen; Guang-Xia Guo; Yun-Feng Yang; Jizhong Zhou; Hai-Yan Chu; James M. Tiedje
Source:
Science bulletin 2016 v.61 pp. 1052-1060
ISSN:
2095-9273
Subject:
anthropogenic activities; biogeochemical cycles; carbon; community structure; crop yield; ecological function; functional diversity; genes; metagenomics; microbial biomass; microbiome; nitrogen; paddy soils; phylogeny; ribosomal RNA; rice; soil ecology
Abstract:
... It has been documented that human activities are causing the rapid loss of taxonomic, phylogenetic, genetic and functional diversity in soils. However, it remains unclear how modern intensive rice cultivation impacts the soil microbiome and its functionality. Here we examined the microbial composition and function differences between a buried Neolithic paddy soil and an adjacent, currently-cultiva ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11434-016-1112-0

11. A comparative study of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and bacteria in acidic and alkaline purple soils

Author:
Zhi-Feng Zhou; Ming-Xia Wang; Wan-Lu Liu; Zhen-Lun Li; Feng Luo; De-Ti Xie
Source:
Annals of microbiology 2016 v.66 no.2 pp. 615-623
ISSN:
1590-4261
Subject:
ammonia; ammonia monooxygenase; community structure; genes; groundwater; leaching; nitrates; nitrites; nitrous oxide; phylotype; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; soil bacteria; soil pH; soil sampling; China
Abstract:
... Soil pH has been suggested as one of the most important factors affecting the ecological characteristics of soil ammonia-oxidizers (AO), which mediate the conversion of ammonia to nitrate via nitrite and contribute significantly to the leaching of nitrate to groundwater and the production of atmospheric nitrous oxide (N₂O). However, the dynamics of the AO community in acidic purple soils, which ar ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13213-015-1143-9

12. A comparative study of oribatid mite communities in red wood ant Formica polyctena nests and surrounding soil in a Finnish oak forest

Author:
Riikka Aleksandra Elo; Ritva Penttinen; Jouni Sorvari; Alan Stewart; Thomas Bolger
Source:
Insect conservation and diversity 2016 v.9 no.3 pp. 210-223
ISSN:
1752-458X
Subject:
soil ecology; ant nests; community structure; niches; mites; soil; Sarcoptiformes; biodiversity; Formica polyctena; fauna; forests
Abstract:
... Ant nests are also inhabited by other invertebrates, ant associates. The oribatid mite (Acari: Oribatida) fauna of nests is poorly known, both in terms of abundance and diversity. We compared the oribatid assemblages within and outside red wood ant Formica polyctena nests in a Finnish oak forest. Altogether ten mounds were investigated and comparable samples were collected from adjacent soil 4 m f ...
DOI:
10.1111/icad.12159

13. A comparison of bacterial community structure in seawater pond with shrimp, crab, and shellfish cultures and in non-cultured pond in Ganyu, Eastern China

Author:
LianTai Li; BinLun Yan; ShiHu Li; JiaTao Xu; XianHui An
Source:
Annals of microbiology 2016 v.66 no.1 pp. 317-328
ISSN:
1590-4261
Subject:
Acidobacteria; Actinobacteria; Aeromonadaceae; Bradyrhizobiaceae; Clostridiaceae; Cyanobacteria; Enterobacteriaceae; Fusobacteria; Lentisphaerae; Pseudomonadaceae; Xanthomonadaceae; bacterial communities; coasts; coculture; community structure; computer software; crabs; ecosystems; mariculture; models; phylotype; pond culture; ponds; ribosomal DNA; seawater; shellfish; shrimp; China
Abstract:
... The aim of this study was to gain an understanding of the effects of mariculture on the bacterial communities in a co-culture pond, which is a popular culture model for shrimp, crab, and shellfish along the eastern coast of China. Six seawater samples were collected from a pond with cultures of shrimp, crab, and shellfish, and six other samples were collected from a non-cultured pond (control). Th ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13213-015-1111-4

14. A comparison of grassland vegetation from three agri-environment conservation measures

Author:
D. Ó hUallacháin; J.A. Finn; B. Keogh; R. Fritch; H. Sheridan
Source:
Irish journal of agricultural and food research 2016 v.55 no.2 pp. 176-191
ISSN:
2009-9029
Subject:
agri-environmental policy; botanical composition; community structure; cost effectiveness; farms; habitats; meadows; Europe
Abstract:
... Semi-natural grassland habitats have declined significantly throughout Europe. To halt the decline, grassland conservation measures have been included in most European agri-environment schemes. This is the first study to compare the botanical composition of grassland habitats managed under the Irish Agri-Environment Options Scheme (AEOS). Sixty fields on drystock pastoral farms in receipt of agri- ...
DOI:
10.1515/ijafr-2016-0018

15. A comparison of microbial profiles of different regions of the equine hindgut

Author:
K. Fliegerova; E. Mura; J. Mrázek; G. Moniello
Source:
Livestock science 2016 v.190 pp. 16-19
ISSN:
1871-1413
Subject:
Archaea; bacteria; cecum; colon; community structure; denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; feces; hindgut; horses; methanogens; microbial communities; models; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; ribosomal DNA
Abstract:
... The microbial profiles of the luminal content of five hindgut segments of one healthy horse were compared with rectal sample to elucidate the effect of anatomical region on bacterial and archaeal community structure and to evaluate the use of faeces as a representative model of large intestine. The qualitative and quantitative changes of the microbial community composition of caecum, right ventral ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.livsci.2016.05.015

16. A compilation of quantitative functional traits for marine and freshwater crustacean zooplankton

Author:
Marie‐Pier Hébert; Beatrix E. Beisner; Roxane Maranger
Source:
Ecology 2016 v.97 no.4 pp. 1081
ISSN:
0012-9658
Subject:
Cladocera; Copepoda; aquatic ecosystems; aquatic habitat; body size; carbon; community structure; data collection; databases; ecologists; freshwater; lipids; meta-analysis; metabolism; models; nitrogen; phosphorus; protein content; respiratory rate; zooplankton
Abstract:
... This data compilation synthesizes 8609 individual observations and ranges of 13 traits from 201 freshwater and 191 marine crustacean taxa belonging to either Copepoda or Cladocera, two important zooplankton groups across all major aquatic habitats. Most data were gathered from the literature, with the balance being provided by zooplankton ecologists. With the aim of more fully assessing zooplankto ...
DOI:
10.1890/15-1275.1

17. A conceptual framework for the spatial analysis of functional trait diversity

Author:
Shekhar R. Biswas; Azim U. Mallik; Nicholas T. Braithwaite; Helene H. Wagner
Source:
Oikos 2016 v.125 no.2 pp. 192-200
ISSN:
0030-1299
Subject:
autocorrelation; case studies; community structure; ecosystems; habitats; land use change; plant communities; simulation models; variance
Abstract:
... Functional trait diversity is a popular tool in modern ecology, mainly used to infer assembly processes and ecosystem functioning. Patterns of functional trait diversity are shaped by ecological processes such as environmental filtering, species interactions and dispersal that are inherently spatial, and different processes may operate at different spatial scales. Adding a spatial dimension to the ...
DOI:
10.1111/oik.02277

18. A conserved arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal core-species community colonizes potato roots in the Andes

Author:
Carolina Senés-Guerrero; Arthur Schüßler
Source:
Fungal diversity 2016 v.77 no.1 pp. 317-333
ISSN:
1560-2745
Subject:
Acaulospora; Claroideoglomus; algorithms; community structure; data collection; databases; environmental factors; genes; mycorrhizal fungi; phylogeny; polymerase chain reaction; potatoes; ribosomal RNA; root systems; roots; sequence homology; sustainable agriculture; vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae; Andes region
Abstract:
... Plant-symbiotic arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are of high global ecological and economic importance, but describing environmental communities of AMF at the species level remains a challenge, despite the need to understand AMF-plant preferences and to apply AMF in sustainable agriculture. Here, the potato-associated AMF species community composition was assessed for three Andean countries alon ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13225-015-0328-7

19. A cost-effective and efficient strategy for Illumina sequencing of fungal communities: A case study of beech endophytes identified elevation as main explanatory factor for diversity and community composition

Author:
A.B. Siddique; M. Unterseher
Source:
Fungal ecology 2016 v.20 pp. 175-185
ISSN:
1754-5048
Subject:
DNA; Fagus sylvatica subsp. sylvatica; autumn; case studies; community structure; cost effectiveness; endophytes; environmental factors; fungal communities; fungi; habitats; high-throughput nucleotide sequencing; internal transcribed spacers; leaves; physiological state; Alps region; Germany
Abstract:
... We describe an accurate and efficient workflow for highly multiplexed paired-end Illumina sequencing of fungal full-length ITS amplicons. The impact of habitat and substratum conditions on leaf-inhabiting fungal communities was analysed. Fully vital and clearly senescent leaves of European beech (Fagus sylvatica) were sampled along an elevation gradient of about 1000 m in the Bavarian Alps, German ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.funeco.2015.12.009

20. A five-year P fertilization pot trial for wheat only in a rice-wheat rotation of Chinese paddy soil: interaction of P availability and microorganism

Author:
Yu Wang; Xu Zhao; Lei Wang; Shanzhao Jin; Wenbin Zhu; Yanan Lu; Shenqiang Wang
Source:
Plant and soil 2016 v.399 no.1-2 pp. 305-318
ISSN:
0032-079X
Subject:
Oryza sativa; Triticum aestivum; acid phosphatase; community structure; enzyme activity; farmers; fertilizer application; grain yield; mycorrhizal fungi; paddy soils; phosphorus; phosphorus fertilizers; rice; wheat; China
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The need for efficient use of phosphorus (P) in agriculture has been highlighted recently by concerns about the finite amount of P fertilizer resources. However, in the Taihu Lake Region (TLR) of China, farmers’ injudicious and excessive use of P fertilizer has led to a dramatic spike in P accumulation. METHODS: A five-year (ten consecutive crop seasons) pot experiment was con ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11104-015-2681-4