[Effects of Organic Pollutants on the Bacterioplankton Community in Hangzhou Bay].

Hangzhou Bay suffers from intensive anthropogenic disturbances and a huge amount of terrestrial inputs, and thus has become one of the most seriously contaminated coastal zones in China. There is evidence that microbes play a dominant role in pollutant biodegradation and serve as biomarkers for pollution levels. However, it remains unclear how the bacterioplankton communities respond to organic contaminants.

Starvation stress affects the interplay among shrimp gut microbiota, digestion and immune activities.

Aquatic animals are frequently suffered from starvation due to restricted food availability or deprivation. It is currently known that gut microbiota assists host in nutrient acquisition. Thus, exploring the gut microbiota responses would improve our understanding on physiological adaptation to starvation.

[Effects of Coastal Organic Pollution on Bacterioplankton Community in Sanmen Bay].

Coastal organic pollution has become a serious problem, thus it is imperative to assess the potential effects on the marine environment. The microbes are generally the first responders to environmental perturbation, which may serve as biological indicators for pollution levels. In this study, we collected surface seawater samples from Sanmen Bay and adjacent Yushan Reserve.

[Responses of Plankton Microeukaryotic Community to Increasing Temperatures Created by Power Plant Thermal Discharges].

Plankton microeukaryotes are primary producers, bacterial grazers and parasites in the ocean, thus contributing essential roles in marine ecosystem stability. For this reason, understanding how the microeukaryotic community responds to increasing temperature created by thermal discharges is key to evaluating the ecological and environmental consequences of a power plant. In this study, using an Illumina sequencing based analysis of eukaryotic 18S rDNA gene, we investigated the compositions of microeukaryotic community along a thermal gradient caused by the discharge from the Wusha Mountain power plant in Xiangshan Bay.