Mengjia Zhang
Mengjia Zhang
1Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou, China
2Key Laboratory of Nearshore Engineering Environment and Ecological Security of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
1,2,
Yuanli Zhu
Yuanli Zhu
1Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou, China
2Key Laboratory of Nearshore Engineering Environment and Ecological Security of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
3State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou, China
1,2,3,
Zhenhao Sun
Zhenhao Sun
1Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou, China
1,
Bin Wang
Bin Wang
1Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou, China
3State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou, China
4Observation and Research Station of Marine Ecosystem in the Yangtze River Delta, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou, China
1,3,4,
Jianfang Chen
Jianfang Chen
1Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou, China
3State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou, China
4Observation and Research Station of Marine Ecosystem in the Yangtze River Delta, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou, China
1,3,4,
Feng Zhou
Feng Zhou
1Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou, China
3State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou, China
4Observation and Research Station of Marine Ecosystem in the Yangtze River Delta, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou, China
1,3,4,
Jiangning Zeng
Jiangning Zeng
1Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou, China
2Key Laboratory of Nearshore Engineering Environment and Ecological Security of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
3State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou, China
1,2,3,
Meng Li
Meng Li
5Archaeal Biology Centre, Synthetic Biology Research Center, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Microbiome Engineering, Key Laboratory of Marine Microbiome Engineering of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
5,
Dayu Zou
Dayu Zou
5Archaeal Biology Centre, Synthetic Biology Research Center, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Microbiome Engineering, Key Laboratory of Marine Microbiome Engineering of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
5,*,
Zhibing Jiang
Zhibing Jiang
1Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou, China
2Key Laboratory of Nearshore Engineering Environment and Ecological Security of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
3State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou, China
4Observation and Research Station of Marine Ecosystem in the Yangtze River Delta, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou, China
6Key Laboratory of Ocean Space Resource Management Technology, Ministry of Natural Resource, Marine Academy of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
1,2,3,4,6,*
1Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou, China
2Key Laboratory of Nearshore Engineering Environment and Ecological Security of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
3State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou, China
4Observation and Research Station of Marine Ecosystem in the Yangtze River Delta, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou, China
5Archaeal Biology Centre, Synthetic Biology Research Center, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Microbiome Engineering, Key Laboratory of Marine Microbiome Engineering of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
6Key Laboratory of Ocean Space Resource Management Technology, Ministry of Natural Resource, Marine Academy of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
*Correspondence: Dayu Zou, zoudayu1992@szu.edu.cn; Zhibing Jiang, jzb1217@126.com
Received 2025 Dec 13; Accepted 2025 Dec 15; Collection date 2025.
Keywords: coastal hypoxia, nitrogen fixation, diazotrophic biodiversity, Thermodesulfobacteriota, metabarcoding and metagenomic analysis
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