18S rRNA gene raw sequence reads of protists in Qiongdong coastal waters (South China Sea). Protists in Qiongdong coastal waters, South China Sea

Upwelling plays an important role in marine ecosystems and potentially reshapes microbial communities by enhanced dispersal and distinct environmental drivers. Relative to that of the bacterioplankton, however, the response of protistan communities to the upwelling is largely unknown. Here, we investigated the influence of the Qiongdong upwelling (South China Sea) on the protistan communities.

上升流（upwelling）在海洋生态系统中发挥着关键作用，可通过强化扩散过程与独特的环境驱动因子，潜在重塑微生物群落。然而，相较于浮游细菌（bacterioplankton）群落的响应，原生生物群落（protistan communities）对上升流的响应在很大程度上仍未被充分探明。本研究针对南海琼东上升流对原生生物群落的影响展开了探究。