The
surface
sediments
as
a
repository
of
pelagic
environment
changes
and
microbial
community
structural
succession
tend
to
have
profound
effect
on
global
local
nitrogen
sulfur
cycling.
In
this
study,
analysis
sediment
samples
collected
from
the
Bohai
Sea,
Yellow
north
East
China
Seas
(BYnECS)
revealed
longitude,
latitude,
depth,
chlorophyll
had
strongest
influence
structure
(p-values
<
0.005).
A
clear
distance-decay
pattern
was
exhibited
in
BYnECS.
result
co-occurrence
network
modularization
implied
that
more
active
pathway
winter
thiosulfate
reduction
nitrate
reduction,
while
summer
it
nitrification.
potential
functional
genes
were
predicted
communities,
most
dominant
assigned
assimilatory
denitrification,
dissimilatory
reduction.
This
study
innovatively
explored
relationships
between
cycling
these
three
sea
regions
Sea.
