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Co-occurrence patterns in aquatic bacterial communities across changing permafrost landscapes
J. Comte
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Centre d'études nordiques (CEN), Takuvik Joint International
Laboratory & Département de biologie, Université Laval,
Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS),
Université Laval, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
C. Lovejoy
Centre d'études nordiques (CEN), Takuvik Joint International
Laboratory & Département de biologie, Université Laval,
Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS),
Université Laval, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
Québec Océan, Université Laval, Québec, QC G1V 0A6,
Canada
S. Crevecoeur
Centre d'études nordiques (CEN), Takuvik Joint International
Laboratory & Département de biologie, Université Laval,
Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS),
Université Laval, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
W. F. Vincent
Centre d'études nordiques (CEN), Takuvik Joint International
Laboratory & Département de biologie, Université Laval,
Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
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Thaw ponds and lakes varied in their bacterial community structure. A small number of taxa occurred in high abundance and dominated many of the communities. Nevertheless, there were taxonomic differences among different valleys implying some degree of habitat selection. Association networks were composed of a limited number of highly connected OTUs. These "keystone species" were not merely the abundant taxa, whose loss would greatly alter the structure and functioning of these aquatic ecosystem.
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