Open AccessVariable Freshwater Influences on the Abundance of Vibrio vulnificus in a Tropical Urban Estuary
Author(s) -
Olivia D. Nigro,
La’Toya I. James-Davis,
Eric H. De Carlo,
Yuanhui Li,
Grieg F. Steward
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
applied and environmental microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 324
eISSN - 1070-6291
pISSN - 0099-2240
DOI - 10.1128/aem.01884-21
Subject(s) - vibrio vulnificus , estuary , salinity , subtropics , abundance (ecology) , temperate climate , biology , dry season , relative species abundance , ecology , environmental science , genetics , bacteria
Our data illustrate that, in the absence of strong seasonal variation in water temperature in the tropics, variation in salinity driven by rainfall becomes a primary controlling variable onV. vulnificus abundance. There is thus a tendency for a rainfall-driven seasonal cycle inV. vulnificus abundance which is inverted from the temperature-driven seasonal cycle at higher latitudes.