Structure and function of anthropogenically altered microbial communities in coastal waters |
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Authors: | Paerl H W |
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Institution: | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Institute of Marine Sciences, 3431 Arendell Street, Morehead City, NC 28557, USA. Hans_Paerl@unc.edu |
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Abstract: | Human-based (anthropogenic) nutrient and other pollutant enrichment of the world's coastal waters is causing unprecedented changes in microbial community structure and function. Symptoms of these changes include accelerating eutrophication, the proliferation of harmful microalgal blooms, excessive oxygen consumption (hypoxia, anoxia), increasing toxicity, altered routes and fluxes of organic and inorganic matter cycling, and disruption of food webs. Biogeochemical and trophic consequences are expanding on local, regional and global scales. |
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