Deposit-feeding worms control subsurface ecosystem functioning in intertidal sediment with strong physical forcing
L. Deng, C. Meile, A. Fiskal, D. Boelsterli, X. Han, N. Gajendra, N. Dubois, S. M. Bernasconi, M. A. Lever
This study compares microbial communities in intertidal sands with and without deposit-feeding worms, showing that worms shape subsurface ecosystems by altering microbial abundance and network connectivity.
bioRxiv · Apr 6, 2022Microbiology