Micro-scale relationships between microbial diversity and productivity

In nature's benthic microscopic realms, microbial communities gather in lattice-like mats that allow a variety of microorganisms to do the work of cooperative survival within a spatially organized environment. Photosynthetically active "primary producers" typically occupy the top of these systems, and act to convert energy from sunlight into organic matter. From there, gradients descend through gradually darkening layers inhabited by a changing variety of species.

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