Distribution and Metabolic Activities of Marine Microbes in Response to Natural and Anthropogenic Stressors
A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2021) | Viewed by 24662
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Interests: marine microbiology; microbial ecology; environmental quality; marine monitoring; biogeochemical cycles; microbial enzymes; microbial viability; substrate colonization; plastisphere; bacterial pathogens; rapid detection methods; fish microflora and physiology; temperate and polar ecosystems
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Interests: marine microbial biogeochemistry; microbial oceanography; marine snow; marine oil snow; biological carbon pump; benthic–pelagic coupling
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Marine ecosystems experience constant anthropogenic stress through eutrophication, acidification, warming, and pollution (e.g., plastics, oil spills). Microbial communities act as sentinels for environmental changes. However, microbial responses to environmental changes often remain unpredictable as microbes operate on the microscale, which complicates extrapolation of microbial structure and function to larger scale processes. For instance, millimeter-sized organic aggregates known as marine snow harbor distinct microbial communities compared to ambient waters, making them hotspots for microbially mediated elemental cycling. New observations and experiments, together with analytical advances, may allow us to gain detailed insights into how microorganisms (free-living or particle-attached) respond to stressors, thus contributing to predictions of future scenarios and guiding decision makers. We welcome submissions of laboratory and field studies on microbial responses to natural and anthropogenic changes, and on spatial scales ranging from ocean basins to microenvironments such as marine snow.
Dr. Gabriella Caruso
Dr. Kai Ziervogel
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Microbial communities
- Microbial metabolic activities
- Marine snow
- Climate change
- Anthropogenic stressors
- Oil spills
- Plastic pollution
- Temperate areas
- Tropical and polar regions