The dynamic trophic architecture of open-ocean protist communities revealed through machine- guided metatranscriptomics
B. Lambert, R. Groussman, M. Schatz, S. Coesel, B. Durham, A. J. Alverson, A. E. White, E. V. Armbrust
This paper uses machine learning on metatranscriptomic data to predict the nutritional mode of oceanic protists and shows that mixotrophic populations adapt their nutrient acquisition strategies in response to environmental gradients.
bioRxiv · Jan 15, 2021Ecology