The emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 variants poses challenges to global surveillance efforts, necessitating swift actions in their detection, evaluation, and management. Among the most recent variants, Omicron BA.2.86 and its sub-lineages have gained attention due to their potential immune evasion properties. This study describes the development of a digital PCR assay for the rapid detection of BA.2.86 and its descendant lineages,...

Aim The average carbon‐to‐nitrogen‐to‐phosphorus ratio (C:N:P) of marine algae is known to be tightly coupled to that of the inorganic pools of C , N and P in the ocean interior (i.e. the Redfield ratio), and therefore plays a key role in regulating the C and N cycles in the ocean. The C:N:P ratio of algae also varies substantially, both within and among taxa, in response to variation in the abiotic environment, raising the po...

Biodiversity loss is occurring rapidly worldwide, yet it is uncertain whether few or many species are required to sustain ecosystem functioning in the face of environmental change. The importance of biodiversity might be enhanced when multiple ecosystem processes (termed multifunctionality) and environmental contexts are considered, yet no studies have quantified this explicitly to date. We measured five key processes and thei...