In Situ Molecular Ecological Analyses Illuminate Distinct Factors Regulating Formation and Demise of a Harmful Dinoflagellate Bloom

• DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.05157-22
• Publication Date: 2023-04-19T14:01:26Z
• Authors: Liying Yu; Tangcheng Li; Hongfei Li; Minglei Ma; Ling Li; Senjie Lin
• Keywords: Diatoms; HAB; Harmful Algal Bloom; Plankton; Microbiology; prokaryotic microbes; QR1-502; Dinoflagellida; metatranscriptome; Humans; DNA barcoding; Karenia longicanalis; Flavobacteriaceae; microeukaryotes; Ecosystem; Research Article

HABs have increasingly occurred and impacted human health, aquatic ecosystems, and coastal economies. Despite great efforts, the factors that drive the development and termination of a bloom are poorly understood, largely due to inadequate in situ data about the physiology and metabolism of the causal species and the community.