Upwelling dynamics affect the microbial community distribution in the water column off the Oregon Coast

Understanding how physico-chemical and environmental factors shape the distribution and function of microbial communities is critical for understanding the ocean's biogeochemical cycles. To better understand how upwelling dynamics affect microbial communities through the entire water column (from 5 to 5000 m depth), samples for metagenomic analyses and environmental parameters were collected in a longitudinal transect from the coast to the open ocean.

阐明物理化学与环境因子如何塑造微生物群落的分布与功能，对于理解海洋生物地球化学循环至关重要。为进一步明晰上升流动力学（upwelling dynamics）如何通过整层水柱（深度范围5至5000米）影响微生物群落，研究团队在从近岸至远海的纵向断面上采集了用于宏基因组分析（metagenomic analyses）的样本与环境参数。