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  • Microbial Ecology
  • Ecosystem Science
  • Climate Change Research

Background:

  • Global warming can disrupt microbially-driven ecosystem functions by changing microbial diversity and interactions.
  • Understanding these changes is crucial for predicting ecosystem responses to climate change.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effects of experimental warming on microbial hierarchical groups (prokaryotes, fungi, Cercozoa) in a coastal soil ecosystem.
  • To analyze how warming alters inter-domain ecological networks and cross-trophic interactions.
  • To identify the influence of environmental factors and nutrient availability on these microbial interactions under warming.

Main Methods:

  • Experimental warming over five years.
  • Analysis of prokaryotic, fungal, and Cercozoa diversity and community structure.
  • Application of the Inter-Domain Ecological Network approach to study cross-trophic interactions.
  • Assessment of environmental stress (salinity, pH) and soil nutrients.

Main Results:

  • Warming significantly altered prokaryotic and fungal diversity and structure.
  • Prokaryotic network complexity decreased, and the cercozoan network fragmented under warming.
  • Cercozoan-prokaryotic and fungal-prokaryotic interactions simplified, while the cercozoan-fungal network slightly increased in complexity.
  • Fungal community interactions remained stable, stabilizing interactions with prokaryotes and protists.
  • Warming led to a negative association between network modules and soil organic matter, potentially increasing soil carbon loss.

Conclusions:

  • Experimental warming reshapes soil microbial hierarchical interactions and network structures.
  • Warming influences how microbial groups respond to environmental properties, with network hubs mediating responses.
  • The observed changes in microbial interactions under warming may have significant implications for soil carbon cycling and ecosystem function.