Water-mass origin and transformation shapes seawater microbiomes in the northeastern Barents Sea and the St. Anna Trough
Olga Konovalova, Iulia Papa-Dmitrieva, Alexander A. Osadchiev, Anastasiia N. Rusanova, Elizaveta Chevokina, Daria Sibiryakina, Darya Slonova, Andrey Sobolev, Zinaida Zabudkina, Alina Demkina, Artem B. Isaev, Dmitry A. Sutormin
The study links seawater microbiome composition to water-mass origin and transformation in the northeastern Barents Sea and St. Anna Trough, identifying distinct microbial signatures for different water masses.
bioRxiv · Oct 16, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology