Semi-Annual Cycles in the Biotic Communities of Temperate Aquatic Habitats
Theodor Sperlea, Conor Christopher Glackin, Lukas Vogel, Erik Zschaubitz, Clara Nietz, Sven Karsten, Joachim W. Dippner, Stefanie Elferink, Carina Loose, H. Schröder, Christiane Hassenrück, Matthias Labrenz
The paper detects a semi-annual biotic cycle in temperate aquatic communities using machine learning on DNA metabarcoding data, linking it to insolation patterns and photoautotrophs.
bioRxiv · May 5, 2026 · PreprintEcology