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ArticleEcology letters2025

Biodiversity Buffers Phytoplankton Biomass Production Against Nanoparticle Pollution Through Increased Facilitation.

Yiping Zuo, Qianna Xu, Michael Southard, Guangxing Zhang, Lan Gan, Hao Zhang, Pu Yan, Louis Walls, Mary Steinbeck, Muhan Zhao and 2 more

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Article in Ecology letters, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Yiping ZuoSchool of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8216-9544
Qianna XuSchool of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Michael SouthardSchool of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Guangxing ZhangThe Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Lan GanSchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Hao ZhangSchool of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9922-1675
Pu YanSchool of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Louis WallsSchool of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Mary SteinbeckSchool of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Muhan ZhaoSchool of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Yongsheng ChenSchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Lin JiangSchool of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7114-0794

Funding

National Science Foundation CBET-1833988National Science Foundation DEB-1856318National Science Foundation DEB-2520925
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although biodiversity is widely recognised for its role in maintaining ecosystem functioning under environmental change, its importance has received relatively little attention in the context of emerging environmental stressors such as nanoparticles. By assembling phytoplankton communities across a gradient of species richness and exposing them to varying concentrations of copper oxide nanoparticles, we experimentally explored how biodiversity modulates ecosystem functioning under nanoparticle exposure. We found that the positive effect of biodiversity on phytoplankton biomass production was amplified at higher nanoparticle concentrations, allowing diverse communities to maintain biomass despite strong inhibitory effects of nanoparticles on monocultures. This enhanced biodiversity effect was primarily driven by increased complementarity, specifically through more frequent facilitative interactions among species under nanoparticle stress. Our findings advance the understanding of how biodiversity preserves ecosystem functioning and underscore its role in mitigating the impacts of emerging anthropogenic stressors.

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BiodiversityBiomassCopperMetal NanoparticlesNanoparticlesPhytoplanktonCopperbiodiversitycomplementarity effectfacilitationnanoparticlesphytoplanktonselection effect

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PMID41206874
PMCPMC12597026

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