What is it about?
A 12 months study in Hong Kong's estuarine and coastal waters reveal high diversity and strong seasonal variation on both phylogenetic and pigment phenotypical composition of Synechococcus, an important group of unicellular cyanobacteria.
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Why is it important?
Picocyanobacteria are one of the most important primary producers in the ocean that play key role in global carbon cycling. Understanding the abundance, composition, spatio-temporal variations of Synechococcus assembleges and their contribution to total primary production in river dominated subtropical coastal waters is of great importance to understand the ecological and biogeochemical processes in coastal ecosystems impacted by human activity and global climate change.
Perspectives
Hong Kong coastal waters probably has the highest diversity of Synechococcus due to its unique settings in subtropical waters influenced by Pearl River, as well as monsoonal forcing of different water masses from the South China Sea and the China Coastal Current. It is really a good place to study this fascinating group of cyanobacteria.
Professor Hongbin Liu
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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This page is a summary of: Comparison of the Seasonal Variations of Synechococcus Assemblage Structures in Estuarine Waters and Coastal Waters of Hong Kong, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2015, ASM Journals,
DOI: 10.1128/aem.01895-15.
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