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  • Marine ecology
  • Microbial ecology
  • Biogeochemistry

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  • Blue carbon ecosystems (BCEs) sequester significant atmospheric carbon.
  • Soil microbial metabolism critically regulates carbon accumulation in BCEs.
  • Advances in sequencing technology generate vast microbiome data, often in isolated datasets.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify research questions addressable by synthesizing Blue Carbon microbiome data.
  • To assess challenges and opportunities for microbiome data synthesis in BCEs.
  • To develop a standardization toolbox for Blue Carbon sequencing data integration.

Main Methods:

  • Collation of 34 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing datasets from seagrass, mangrove, and saltmarsh environments.
  • Analysis of bulk soil and rhizosphere samples.
  • Identification of technical and theoretical challenges in multi-dataset synthesis.

Main Results:

  • Variability in datasets due to sampling techniques, ecosystem specificity, and edaphic properties complicates direct synthesis.
  • Significant knowledge gaps exist in understanding Blue Carbon microbial ecology.
  • A standardization toolbox was developed to facilitate data integration.

Conclusions:

  • Synthesizing Blue Carbon microbiome data is crucial for understanding carbon dynamics.
  • Standardized data acquisition, management, and integration are necessary for future research.
  • Elucidating novel mechanisms of Blue Carbon sequestration requires robust data synthesis approaches.