Shotgun metagenomic assessment of pelagic and benthic diversity in the Brazilian equatorial margin, coast of ParÃ¡
The Brazilian Equatorial Margin (BEM), located near the Amazon River delta, represents a unique marine frontier influenced by massive freshwater discharge and the presence of the Amazon Reef System. Despite its ecological importance, the BEM remains largely underexplored from a genomic perspective. In this study, we employed shotgun metagenomics to characterize the taxonomic profiles and metabolic potentials of microbial communities across a cross-shelf transect of water column (pelagic) and seafloor sediment (benthic) habitats.
The Brazilian Equatorial Margin (BEM), located near the Amazon River delta, represents a unique marine frontier influenced by massive freshwater discharge and the presence of the Amazon Reef System. Despite its ecological importance, the BEM remains largely underexplored from a genomic perspective. In this study, we employed shotgun metagenomics to characterize the taxonomic profiles and metabolic potentials of microbial communities across a cross-shelf transect of water column (pelagic) and seafloor sediment (benthic) habitats.