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Xin Kou¹, Jiangyong Chu¹, Yushuai Wang²

¹Center for Water and Ecology, State Key Laboratory of Regional Environment and Sustainability, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.

Journal of environmental management

|February 28, 2026

Resumen

Large-scale water transfer reshaped microbial communities, altering ecosystem functions. Ecological water replenishment impacts microbial assembly, network stability, and overall ecosystem multifunctionality in rivers.

Área de la Ciencia:

Ecología; Ciencias Ambientales; Microbiología

Sus antecedentes:

La transferencia de agua entre cuencas es crucial para la gestión de la escasez de agua dulce.
Comprender las respuestas de la comunidad microbiana a la transferencia de agua es vital para la salud del ecosistema.

Objetivo del estudio:

Investigar cómo la transferencia de agua a gran escala afecta el ensamblaje de la comunidad microbiana y las redes de interacción.
Evaluar el impacto de la reposición de agua en la multifuncionalidad del ecosistema.

Principales métodos:

Análisis comparativo de comunidades microbianas en cuerpos de agua receptores y no receptores.
Se examinó el plancton bacteriano y el bentos bacteriano antes y después de la reposición de agua.
Se utilizó análisis de redes y modelado de ecuaciones estructurales.

Principales resultados:

La reposición de agua aumentó la abundancia de Cyanobacteriota y la diversidad de la comunidad, pero aceleró la homogeneización.
Los procesos de ensamblaje microbiano difirieron entre el plancton bacteriano (estocástico) y el bentos bacteriano (determinista) en las aguas receptoras.
La complejidad y estabilidad de la red se alteraron, debilitando el vínculo entre la estabilidad de la red y la multifuncionalidad del ecosistema.

Conclusiones:

La reposición ecológica de agua altera significativamente la estructura y dinámica de la comunidad microbiana.
Los proyectos de trasvase de agua tienen impactos complejos en las interacciones microbianas y las funciones del ecosistema.
Los hallazgos ofrecen información para la gestión sostenible de los recursos hídricos y la evaluación del impacto de los proyectos de trasvase de agua.

Palabras clave:

modelo BiSSE ensamblaje de comunidades homogeneización microbiana proyecto de trasvase de agua de sur a norte riqueza de especialistas

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