Phytoplankton and Microzooplankton Community Structure and Assembly Mechanisms in Northwestern Pacific Ocean Estuaries with Environmental Heterogeneity and Geographic Segregation

Abstract

Understanding the underlying mechanisms shaping a metacommunity is useful to management for improving the ecosystem function. The research presented in the manuscript mainly tried to address the effects of habitat geography and environmental conditions on the phytoplankton and microzooplankton communities, and the underlying mechanisms of community assembly in temperate estuaries.