Mesoscale eddies are recognized as an important driver of environmental and microbial dynamics in the Pacific Ocean. However, their specific impact on microbial community vertical distribution remains underexplored. In contrast with the surrounding waters, a cyclonic cold eddy can provide nutrients to the photic zone, increasing primary production and altering microbial communities. A field investigation was conducted in the W...

Endozoicomonas is an omnipresent marine bacterial genus, associated with various marine organisms, that contributes to host health, nutrient cycling and disease resistance. Nonetheless, its genomic features remain poorly characterised due to a paucity of high‐quality genomes. In this study, we sequenced 5 novel Endozoicomonas strains and re‐sequenced 1 known strain to improve genomic resolution. By integrating these 6 high‐qua...

Throughout the western tropical Pacific Ocean, eddies and currents play an important role in biogeochemical cycling. Many studies have investigated the effects of hydrography on vertical patterns of picophytoplankton and heterotrophic bacterial abundance in mesoscale eddies. There is a lack of field observations to determine what impact dynamic hydrological systems of eddies have on prokaryotic community activity (growth and m...

The Kuroshio is the western boundary current of the North Pacific Ocean. In the subtropical region of eastern Taiwan, a coastal uplift of the isotherms has occurred. To explore its impact on this oligotrophic ecosystem, hydrographic data along the transect line at 23.75°N were measured between September 2012 and September 2014. Results show that the intensity of coastal uplift was positively correlated to the flow volume trans...

The on‐going discussion concerning how environmental factors determine phytoplankton size structure has centered around two hypotheses: (H1) The resource‐size relationship predicts that normalized biovolume size spectrum (NBSS) slopes for phytoplankton are progressively shallower with increasing resource availability and (H2) The temperature‐size relationship predicts that phytoplankton NBSS slopes steepen with increasing wate...

Microbial endoliths, which inhabit interior pores of rocks, skeletons and coral, are ubiquitous in terrestrial and marine environments. In this study, various colored layers stratified the endolithic environment within the skeleton of Isopora palifera ; however, there was a distinct green‐pigmented layer in the skeleton (beneath the living coral tissue). To characterize diversity of endolithic microorganisms, 16S ribosomal RNA...