Experimental incubation of coastal microbiome exposed to hurricane attributes 16s rRNA
In order to identify the mechanisms driving microbiome storm responses, we utilize observational data from 36 daily post-hurricane in situ samples at an estuarine time series, the Pivers Island Coastal Observatory (PICO; Beaufort Inlet, Beaufort NC), following Hurricane Florence in 2018, to design experimental manipulations. Treatments replicated (1) bacterioplankton community dilution, the initial, and potentially more stochastic changes induced by large fluxes of water through estuaries without substantially changing resources, and (2) the later labile phytoplankton dissolved organic matter (DOM) influx, which is likely more deterministic