Community Assembly Processes as a Mechanistic Explanation of the Predator-Prey Diversity Relationship in Marine Microbes

Predator and prey α-diversities are often positively associated; yet, understandings of the underlying mechanisms require manipulative experiments and thus remain unclear. We attempt to address this issue by deciphering how α-diversity of predator and prey influences each other’s community assembly...

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Main Authors: Feng-Hsun Chang, Jinny Wu Yang, Ariana Chih-Hsien Liu, Hsiao-Pei Lu, Gwo-Ching Gong, Fuh-Kwo Shiah, Chih-hao Hsieh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.651565/full