TY - JOUR
T1 - Integrating chytrid fungal parasites into plankton ecology: research gaps and needs.
AU - Frenken, Thijs
AU - Alacid, Elisabet
AU - Berger, Stella A.
AU - Bourne, Elizabeth C.
AU - Gerphagnon, Melanie
AU - Grossart, Hans-Peter
AU - Gsell, A.S.
AU - Ibelings, B.W.
AU - Kagami, M.
AU - Küpper, Frithjof C.
AU - Letcher, Peter M.
AU - Loyau, Adeline
AU - Miki, Takeshi
AU - Nejstgaard, Jens C.
AU - Rasconi, Serena
AU - Reñé, Albert
AU - Rohrlack, Thomas
AU - Rojas-Jimenez, Keilor
AU - Schmeller, Dirk S.
AU - Scholz, Bettina
AU - Seto, Kensuke
AU - Sime-Ngando, Télesphore
AU - Sukenik, A.
AU - Van de Waal, D.B.
AU - Van den Wyngaert, S.
AU - van Donk, E.
AU - Wolinska, J.
AU - Wurzbacher, Christian
AU - Agha, Ramsy
N1 - 6314, AqE; Data Archiving: no data review paper
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Chytridiomycota, often referred to as chytrids, can be virulent parasites with the potential to inflict mass mortalities on hosts, causing e.g. changes in phytoplankton size distributions and succession, and the delay or suppression of bloom events. Molecular environmental surveys have revealed an unexpectedly large diversity of chytrids across a wide range of aquatic ecosystems worldwide. As a result, scientific interest towards fungal parasites of phytoplankton has been gaining momentum in the past few years. Yet, we still know little about the ecology of chytrids, their life cycles, phylogeny, host specificity and range. Information on the contribution of chytrids to trophic interactions, as well as co-evolutionary feedbacks of fungal parasitism on host populations is also limited. This paper synthesizes ideas stressing the multifaceted biological relevance of phytoplankton chytridiomycosis, resulting from discussions among an international team of chytrid researchers. It presents our view on the most pressing research needs for promoting the integration of chytrid fungi into aquatic ecology. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
AB - Chytridiomycota, often referred to as chytrids, can be virulent parasites with the potential to inflict mass mortalities on hosts, causing e.g. changes in phytoplankton size distributions and succession, and the delay or suppression of bloom events. Molecular environmental surveys have revealed an unexpectedly large diversity of chytrids across a wide range of aquatic ecosystems worldwide. As a result, scientific interest towards fungal parasites of phytoplankton has been gaining momentum in the past few years. Yet, we still know little about the ecology of chytrids, their life cycles, phylogeny, host specificity and range. Information on the contribution of chytrids to trophic interactions, as well as co-evolutionary feedbacks of fungal parasitism on host populations is also limited. This paper synthesizes ideas stressing the multifaceted biological relevance of phytoplankton chytridiomycosis, resulting from discussions among an international team of chytrid researchers. It presents our view on the most pressing research needs for promoting the integration of chytrid fungi into aquatic ecology. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
KW - international
U2 - 10.1111/1462-2920.13827
DO - 10.1111/1462-2920.13827
M3 - Article
SN - 1462-2912
VL - 19
SP - 3802
EP - 3822
JO - Environmental Microbiology
JF - Environmental Microbiology
IS - 10
ER -