Microbial diversity accumulates in a downstream direction in the Three Gorges Reservoir  

作　　者：Shang Wang Weiguo Hou Hongchen Jiang Liuqin Huang Hailiang Dong Shu Chen Bin Wang Yongcan Chen Binliang Lin Ye Deng 

机构地区：[1]CAS Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology,Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100085,China [2]School of Environment and Resource,Southwest University of Science and Technology,Sichuan 621010,China [3]State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology,China University of Geosciences,Beijing 100083,China [4]School of Ocean Sciences,China University of Geosciences,Beijing 100083,China [5]State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology,China University of Geosciences,Wuhan 430074,China [6]Department of Hydraulic Engineering,Tsinghua University,Beijing 100084,China [7]Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science,Miami University,Oxford,OH 45056,USA

出　　处：《Journal of Environmental Sciences》2021年第3期156-167,共12页环境科学学报（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2016YFC0502204);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.41672331,U1906223,41807316)。

摘　　要：Organic and inorganic materials migrate downstream and have important roles in regulating environmental health in the river networks.However,it remains unclear whether and how a mixture of materials(i.e.,microbial species)from various upstream habitats contribute to microbial community coalescence upstream of a dam.Here we track the spatial variation in microbial abundance and diversity in the Three Gorges Reservoir based on quantitative PCR and 16 S rRNA gene high-throughput sequencing data.We further quantitatively assess the relative contributions of microbial species from mainstem,its tributaries,and the surrounding riverbank soils to the area immediately upstream of the Three Gorges Dam(TGD).We found an increase of microbial diversity and the convergent microbial distribution pattern in areas immediately upstream of TGD,suggesting this area become a new confluence for microbial diversity immigrating from upstream.Indeed,the number of shared species increased from upstream to TGD but unique species decreased,indicating immigration of various sources of microbial species overwhelms local environmental conditions in structuring microbial community close to TGD.By quantifying the sources of microbial species close to TGD,we found little contribution from soils as compared to tributaries,especially for sites closer to TGD,suggesting tributary microbes have greater influence on microbial diversity and environmental health in the Three Gorges Reservoir.Collectively,our results suggest that tracking microbial geographic origin and evaluating accumulating effects of microbial diversity shed light on the ecological processes in microbial communities and provide information for regulating aquatic ecological health.

关 键 词：Three Gorges Dam Microbial source tracking Microbial community coalescence IMMIGRATION Accumulating effect 

分 类 号：X143[环境科学与工程—环境科学]