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ArticleFEMS microbiology letters2026

Nutrient enrichment and connectivity jointly shape bacterioplankton taxonomic and functional diversity.

Akhil Kholwadwala, Egor Katkov, Patrick Lypaczewski, Andrew Gonzalez, Rowan D H Barrett, B Jesse Shapiro

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Akhil KholwadwalaDepartment of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3A 1B1, Canada.ORCID 0009-0005-1978-732X
Egor KatkovDepartment of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3A 1B1, Canada.
Patrick LypaczewskiDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3A 2B4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-5550-712X
Andrew GonzalezDepartment of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3A 1B1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6075-8081
Rowan D H BarrettDepartment of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3A 1B1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3044-2531
B Jesse ShapiroDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3A 2B4, Canada.

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Canada Foundation for InnovationNSERC RGPIN-2019-04549NSERC RGPIN-2019-05455
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Abstract

It is increasingly important to understand the response of freshwater communities and ecosystems to fertilizers given their widespread usage and the propensity for these fertilizers to runoff into rivers and lakes. Dispersal, an important ecological factor mediated by landscape connectivity, could potentially counteract the impacts of anthropogenic stressors through the reintroduction of communities unperturbed by local stressors. However, this potential has not yet been studied in the context of nutrient stressed natural communities. Here, we investigate the impacts of nutrient enrichment and connectivity on freshwater bacterioplankton communities. We subjected mesocosms stocked with native bacterioplankton communities to different combinations of nutrient enrichment and connectivity (volumes of water transferred between mesocosms). We show that nutrient enrichment strongly structures the bacterioplankton community, favoring nutrient tolerant taxa and depressing taxonomic diversity. Connectivity, however, interacts with nutrient enrichment to restore functional diversity in communities subjected to the highest levels of nutrient stress. Despite the ameliorating effects of dispersal, nutrient enrichment leaves a consistent signature in communities, driving a shift from more heterotrophic to more phototrophic communities. Taken together, our results demonstrate that while nutrient enrichment significantly impacts freshwater bacterioplankton communities, connectivity can help restore functional diversity to a certain extent.

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BacteriaBiodiversityFresh WaterNutrientsPlanktonEcosystemFertilizersLakesFertilizersanthropogenic stressorsecosystem connectivityeutrophicationmesocosmsmicrobial ecologynanopore metabarcoding

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