Microbial community shift on artificial biological reef structures (ABRs) deployed in the South China Sea

Abstract Many Artificial Reefs (ARs) have been used worldwide for marine habitat and coral reef restoration. However, the microbial community structure that colonize the ARs and their progressive development have been seldom investigated. In this study, the successive development of the microbial co...

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Main Authors: Hala F. Mohamed, Amro Abd-Elgawad, Rongshuo Cai, Zhaohe Luo, Lulu Pie, Changan Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29359-5