The largely neglected ecological role of oceanic pelagic fungi

Eva Breyer; Federico Baltar

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2023.05.002

Titel

The largely neglected ecological role of oceanic pelagic fungi

Autor*in

Eva Breyer

Department für Funktionelle und Evolutionäre Ökologie, Fakultät für Lebenswissenschaften, Universität Wien

Federico Baltar

Department für Funktionelle und Evolutionäre Ökologie, Fakultät für Lebenswissenschaften, Universität Wien

Abstract

Most investigations into ocean ecology and biogeochemistry have tended to focus on marine bacteria, archaea, and protists, while pelagic fungi (mycoplankton) have traditionally been neglected and considered to reside only in association with benthic solid substrates. Nevertheless, recent studies have revealed that pelagic fungi are distributed ubiquitously throughout the water column in every ocean basin and play an active role in the degradation of organic matter and the cycling of nutrients. We review the current status of knowledge on the ecology of mycoplankton and highlight knowledge gaps and challenges. These findings underscore the need to recognize this neglected kingdom as significant contributors to the organic matter cycling and ecology of the oceans.

Stichwort

mycoplanktonoceanbiomassdiversityfunction

Objekt-Typ

journal article

Sprache

Englisch [eng]

Persistent identifier

phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:2025159

DOI

10.1016/j.tree.2023.05.002

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