Yongjiu Cai

Seasonal wet–dry transitions reveal contrasting microbial stability and nutrient cycling across floodplain lake habitats

Abstract Saucer-shaped sub-lakes in floodplains undergo strong seasonal changes in water level and connectivity, but their microbial responses and roles in nutrient cycling remain poorly understood. Here we show, using 28 lake units across Lake Poyang, China, that seasonal hydrol...