Linking biodiversity and ecological function through extensive microeukaryotic movement across different habitats in six urban parks

Shuzhen Li; Kexin Ren; Xue Yan; Andrey N Tsyganov; Yuri Mazei; Alexey Smirnov; Natalia Mazei; Yiyue Zhang; Christopher Rensing; Jun Yang

doi:10.1002/imt2.103

Linking biodiversity and ecological function through extensive microeukaryotic movement across different habitats in six urban parks

Imeta. 2023 Apr 17;2(2):e103. doi: 10.1002/imt2.103. eCollection 2023 May.

Authors

Shuzhen Li¹, Kexin Ren¹, Xue Yan^{1

2}, Andrey N Tsyganov³, Yuri Mazei^{3

4

5}, Alexey Smirnov⁶, Natalia Mazei³, Yiyue Zhang⁷, Christopher Rensing^{1

8}, Jun Yang¹

Affiliations

¹ Aquatic EcoHealth Group, Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Fujian Key Laboratory of Watershed Ecology Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences Xiamen China.
² University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.
³ Lomonosov Moscow State University Moscow Russia.
⁴ Faculty of Biology Shenzhen MSU-BIT University Shenzhen China.
⁵ A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow Russia.
⁶ Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology St. Petersburg University St. Petersburg Russia.
⁷ Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment Chinese Academy of Sciences Xiamen China.
⁸ Institute of Environmental Microbiology, College of Resources and the Environment Fujian Agriculture & Forestry University Fuzhou China.

Abstract

Highly diverse but divergent microeukaryotes dwell in all types of habitats in urban park ecosystems. Extensive microbial migration occurs between both terrestrial and aquatic habitats. Microbial movement is beneficial to the maintenance of biodiversity and the exchange of functional guilds.