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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2019

Freshwater Bacterioplankton Metacommunity Structure Along Urbanization Gradients in Belgium.

Fabio Toshiro T Hanashiro, Shinjini Mukherjee, Caroline Souffreau, Jessie Engelen, Kristien I Brans, Pieter Busschaert, Luc De Meester

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Fabio Toshiro T HanashiroLaboratory of Aquatic Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Shinjini MukherjeeLaboratory of Aquatic Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Caroline SouffreauLaboratory of Aquatic Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Jessie EngelenLaboratory of Aquatic Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Kristien I BransLaboratory of Aquatic Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Pieter BusschaertDepartment of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Luc De MeesterLaboratory of Aquatic Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

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Abstract

Urbanization is transforming and fragmenting natural environments worldwide, driving changes in biological communities through alterations in local environmental conditions as well as by changing the capacity of species to reach specific habitats. While the majority of earlier studies have been performed on higher plants and animals, it is crucial to increase our insight on microbial responses to urbanization across different spatial scales. Here, using a metacommunity approach, we evaluated the effects of urbanization on bacterioplankton communities in 50 shallow ponds in Belgium (Flanders region), one of the most urbanized areas in Northwest Europe. We estimated the relative importance of local environmental factors (35 abiotic and biotic variables), regional spatial factors and urbanization (built-up area) quantified at two spatial scales (200 m × 200 m and 3 km × 3 km). We show that urbanization at local or regional scales did not lead to strong changes in community composition and taxon diversity of bacterioplankton. Urbanization at regional scale (3 km × 3 km) explained only 2% of community composition variation while at local scale (200 m × 200 m), no effect was detected. Local environmental factors explained 13% (OTUs with relative abundance ≥ 0.1%) to 24% (12 dominant OTUs -≥ 1%) of community variation. Six local environmental variables significantly explained variation in bacterioplankton community composition: pH, alkalinity, conductivity, total phosphorus, abundance of

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freshwater bacterioplanktonmetacommunityshallow pondsspatial scalesurbanization

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