So next time you're taking a dip in Lake Balaton, remember you're diving into a whole different kind of culture! :-D

#LongReadSequencing
#Bacterioplankton

The results suggest that environmental degradation tends to decrease the average values of the traits studied, but definitely increases the plasticity of these traits. A similar pattern was observed for plant senescence.
What do you think?

These findings may not rock your boat, but ... hey ... it could improve lake management if you think beyond catchments in a form of clustered management for neighbouring lakes.

🔹 Proximity matters: the closer the lakes, the more similar their biological processes, suggesting that regional factors (such as geology, geomorphology and mesoclimate) sometimes play a greater role than hydrological connectivity.

Here are some old trivia that everyone knows, but I manage to quantify:
🔹 Hydrologically connected lakes show synchrony (yeah ... who knew?), although hydrologically disconnected lakes show higher synchrony of phytoplankton phenological events.