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    Bagarius bagarius, and Eichhornia crassipes are suitable bioindicators of heavy metal pollution, toxicity, and risk assessment

    Analytical method validationThe results of the precision study with relative standard deviation (RSD), and accuracy are shown in Table 1. Through the precision study we found the value of RSD as less than 5%. Moreover, accuracy was done with percent recovery experiments. The results showed that the percentage recoveries for spiked samples were in the range of 95.7–103.7%.Table 1 Shows percent (%) recovery and relative standard deviation.Full size tablePhysicochemical properties and water quality indexThe investigations of the water quality properties of the Narora channel are shown in Table 2. The temperature, TDS, turbidity, and alkalinity were within the standards of the country18 and WHO19 (taken from UNEPGEMS). While pH and dissolved oxygen (D.O) were above the recommended standards indicating poor water quality. Moreover, the detected heavy metals were in the following order Ni  > Fe  > Cd  > Zn  > Cr  > Cu  > Mn. Among these heavy metals Mn, Cu, and Zn were within the recommended limits whereas Cr, Fe, Ni, and Cd were crossing the limits18 contributing to the poor quality. Furthermore, the WQI calculation will give more insights into the overall quality of water as it explains the combined effect of several physicochemical properties12. Its calculation is done simply by converting numerous variables of water quality into a single number12,20. In addition to this, WQI simplifies all the data and helps in clarifying water quality issues by combining the complex data and producing a score that shows the status of water quality2,12,21. The WQI classifies water quality status into five groups such as if WQI  Cu  > Zn  > Fe  > Zn  > Ni  > Cr from root to stalk; and Mn  > Cd  > Zn  > Cu  > Fe  > Ni  > Cr from stalk to leaves.Table 5 Heavy metal concentrations in Eichhornia crassipes (mg/kg.dw).Full size tableFigure 3MPI values in E. crassipes.Full size imageTable 6 Bioaccumulation factor (BAF), transfer factor (TF), and mobility factor (MF) in plant E. crassipes.Full size tableThese factors BAF, TF, and MF are utilized to monitor the level of anthropogenic pollution in plants and their surrounding medium2,15,32,34,35. BAF shows the concentrations of heavy metals bioaccumulated by plants from the water. If the BAF  > 1 it indicates hyperaccumulation36. So, in the present study, all the concerned heavy metals were hyperaccumulated in the plant. The TF elucidates the capability of the plant to translocate the accumulated metals to its other parts. The roots of E. crassipes showed the highest translocation capacity for Ni (1.57) as well as Zn (1.30) to other parts. If the value of TF exceeds 1, then it represents the high accumulation efficiency37,38, therefore, plants will be considered as the hyperaccumulators for the Ni and Zn. Although the Cd was the highest accumulated metal in the plant, it could have been because of its may be because of its low TF. Whereas, TF values lower than 1 for Cr, Mn, Fe, Cu, and Cd pointed out that this plant’s roots act as a non-hyperaccumulator for these heavy metals. Furthermore, the highest MF values were depicted for Mn in both cases which reflects that E. crassipes can suitably be used for phytoextraction of Mn as well as for Cd, Zn, Fe, Ni, and Cu. The BAF, TF, and MF of Cr are low in the present study, which implies that roots are limiting the Cr. Moreover, if the BAF ≤ 1.00 then it shows the capability of absorption only rather than accumulation36,37. In addition, if the values of BAF, TF, and MF exceed 1, plants can also work for phytoextraction. Furthermore, if the BAF  > 1 and TF  More

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    Spider mites avoid caterpillar traces to prevent intraguild predation

    All the materials followed relevant institutional and national guidelines and legislation.MitesWe used a T. kanzawai population collected from trifoliate orange trees (Poncirus trifoliata [L.] Raf.) in 2018 in Kyoto, Japan, and a T. urticae population collected from chrysanthemum plants (Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat.) in 1998 in Nara, Japan. These populations were reared on adaxial surfaces of kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) primary leaves, which were pressed onto water-saturated cotton in Petri dishes (90 mm diameter, 14 mm depth). The water-saturated cotton served as a barrier to prevent mites from escaping. The dishes were maintained at 25 °C, 50% relative humidity, and a 16L:8D photoperiod. All experiments were conducted under these conditions. We only used mated adult females (i.e., the dispersal stage) of T. kanzawai or T. urticae mites.CaterpillarsWe used caterpillars of four lepidopteran species: Bombyx mori L., P. Xuthus, Spodoptera litura Fabricius and T. oldenlandiae. We collected eggs and larvae of T. oldenlandiae from C. japonica in 2021 in Kyoto, Japan, and reared them on C. japonica leaves until pupation. Theretra oldenlandiae shares Vitaceae host plants with T. kanzawai and T. urticae8,15. We collected eggs and larvae of P. xuthus from Ptelea trifoliata in 2021 in Kyoto, Japan, and reared them on Citrus unshiu Markov. leaves until pupation. Papilio. xuthus and T. kanzawai share P. trifoliata as a host plant in Kyoto (Kinto, personal observation).We obtained commercial populations of the B. mori Kinshu × Showa strain (Ueda-sanshu Co., Ltd, Nagano, Japan) or the w1-pnd strain. We reared B. mori larvae on an artificial diet produced at the Kyoto Institute of Technology. Although T. kanzawai use Morus alba, a food plant for the B. mori strain, the mite and the strain never encounter one another in the wild, because the B. mori strain has been domesticated for hundreds of years.We obtained a sub-cultured population of S. litura from the Kyoto Institute of Technology. We reared first to fourth instars of S. litura on an artificial diet (Insecta LFM, Nosan Insect Materials, Kanagawa, Japan), while final instars were fed P. vulgaris leaves. Because S. litura feeds on various wild and cultivated plants22,23, it may share some host plants with T. kanzawai and T. urticae, both of which also feed on many host plant species8,9,10.We reared caterpillars of T. oldenlandiae, P. xuthus, and S. litura in 900 mL transparent plastic cups and caterpillars of B. mori in transparent plastic containers (140 × 220 × 35 mm). All caterpillars were maintained under the same laboratory conditions described above.PlantsWe used several parts of P. vulgaris plants in the following experiments. This species is a preferred food for both mite species16,17 and S. litura24, but the other three caterpillar species do not feed on it (Kinto, personal observation). We thus used P. vulgaris rather than shared host plants, because some caterpillars and mites (T. urticae and P. xuthus, for example) do not share any host plant.Avoidance of caterpillar traces on leaf surfaces by spider mitesTo examine whether spider mites avoid settling on host plant surfaces bearing caterpillar traces, we conducted dual-choice tests using paired adjacent leaf squares with and without caterpillar traces. We did not use whole plants because, in practice, it was difficult to induce caterpillar traces on whole plants. We used two spider mite species (T. kanzawai and T. urticae) and four caterpillar species (T. oldenlandiae, P. xuthus, B. mori, and S. litura). We cut a 10 × 20 mm leaf piece from a fully expanded primary kidney bean leaf and then cut the piece into two equal squares (10 × 10 mm). To introduce caterpillar traces to one square, we arranged them on a separate piece of paper towel on water-saturated cotton. This procedure was necessary because the caterpillars used were larger than individual leaf squares. Then we placed a fourth or final instar caterpillar on the squares and induced the caterpillar to walk across every leaf square three times (Fig. 1a). We carefully removed all caterpillar-produced silk threads from the squares. Within 30 min, we arranged the square (trace +) to touch against the other square (trace −) on water-saturated cotton in a Petri dish. Subsequently, a 2- to 4-day-old mated adult female of T. kanzawai or T. urticae was introduced onto a pointed piece of Parafilm in contact with both leaf edges using a fine brush (Fig. 1a). We recorded the leaf square onto which the mite had settled at 2 h after its introduction, as preliminary observations confirmed that all females would settle on a particular leaf within that period. Each female mite and pair of leaf squares were used only once. All tests described below were conducted between 13:00 and 17:00 h, when adult female spider mites actively disperse by walking. There were 14 replicates using traces of T. oldenlandiae, 48 of P. xuthus, 20 of B. mori, and 26 of S. litura for T. kanzawai, as well as 18, 32, 16, and 47, respectively, for T. urticae. Data were subjected to two-tailed binomial tests with the common null hypothesis that a spider mite would settle on the two squares with equal probability (i.e., 0.5).Figure 1(a) Procedure used to observe avoidance of caterpillar traces by spider mites. (b) Experimental setup used to observe avoidance of B. mori traces on plant stems by T. kanzawai. (c) Experimental setup used to observe avoidance of B. mori trace extracts by T. kanzawai.Full size imageDuration of B. mori trace avoidance by T. kanzawai
    To examine whether the effects of caterpillar traces on spider mite avoidance decline over time, we used T. kanzawai mites and B. mori caterpillars. We used B. mori because populations can be easily maintained over many generations. We prepared bean leaf squares with B. mori traces in the same manner descried above and preserved the traced square on water-saturated cotton for 0 h (n = 30), 24 h (n = 29), 48 h (n = 28), or 72 h (n = 28). Then we arranged the square (trace +) to lie in close proximity to the control square (trace −) that had been preserved for the same periods of time. Then we compared the avoidance response of T. kanzawai females in the same manner described above.Avoidance of B. mori traces on plant stems by T. kanzawai
    To examine whether T. kanzawai females avoid walking along plant stems bearing caterpillar traces, we used Y-shaped kidney bean stems (Fig. 1b). We cut symmetric bean plants ca. 15 days after sowing from their base and inserted them perpendicularly into a 5 mL glass bottle filled with water and wet cotton. To induce caterpillar traces on one branch of the stem, we allowed a silkworm to crawl from the branching point to the far end of one branch three times for each stem (n = 20). Then we introduced a T. kanzawai adult female at a release point 35 mm below the branch point (Fig. 1b). We recorded the branch along which the female walked to the far end. Each female mite and each Y-shaped stem were used only once. The numbers of females were compared using binomial tests in the same manner described above.Avoidance of B. mori trace extracts by T. kanzawai
    To extract chemical traces of caterpillar, we introduced 10 third instar B. mori to a glass Petri dish (120 mm diameter, 60 mm depth). After 1 h, we removed all caterpillars and washed the inside bottom of the dish with 1.0 mL acetone. We replicated the procedure twice using different individuals to combine all extracts and to acquire enough extract for the following experiment.To examine avoidance of B. mori trace extracts by T. kanzawai females, we conducted dual-choice experiments using T-shaped pathways of filter paper (35 × 35 mm; width, 2 mm; Fig. 1c). Using disposable micropipettes (Drummond Scientific Co., PA, USA), 1.75 caterpillar equivalents (i.e., 60 µL) of acetone extract were applied to an alternately selected branch (17.5 mm long) of each pathway (i.e., 0.10 caterpillar equivalent/mm), with control acetone applied to the other branch. We applied each solution dropwise at the junction point to minimize mixing. After evaporating the solvent from those pathways, we perpendicularly suspended them (Fig. 1c) and introduced an adult female mite at 2 days post-maturation onto the bottom of each pathway using a fine brush and recorded the branch along which the female first walked to the far end. Each female mite and each T-shaped filter paper were used only once, with 19 replicates. Each female mite made a choice within 10 min. The avoidance response of T. kanzawai was analysed in the same manner described above.Indirect effects of B. mori traces on T. kanzawai via plantsTo determine whether B. mori traces on plants indirectly affect the performance of T. kanzawai on plants, we introduced 70–80 randomly selected quiescent female deutonymphs of T. kanzawai onto kidney bean leaf disks. Immediately after synchronized adult emergence, we introduced the same number of adult males to allow mating; the detailed procedure is described elsewhere25. After 24 h, we transferred the females singly onto 10 × 10 mm bean leaf squares with or without B. mori traces prepared as described above. Because the number of eggs laid within a certain period is considered the most sensitive performance index of spider mite females26,27, any plant-mediated indirect interaction, such as defence induction in response to caterpillar traces, should result in lower egg numbers laid by the test females. We counted the eggs laid on the leaf squares 24 h after their introduction. One female that laid no eggs during the 24 h period (n = 1, trace +) was excluded from the analysis. We obtained 33 and 36 replicates for the trail+ and trail– conditions, respectively. We compared the numbers of eggs laid on leaves with and without B. mori traces using a generalized linear model with a Poisson error distribution using the SAS 9.22 software (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA).EthicsThis article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals. More

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    Tamarixia radiata global distribution to current and future climate using the climate change experiment (CLIMEX) model

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    Fieldwork: how to gain access to research participants

    Anna Lena Bercht interviewed fishers in Lofoten, Norway, to assess how climate change was affecting their livelihoods.Credit: Anna Lena Bercht

    I remember February 2011, when, in the Chinese megacity of Guangzhou, an older man finally overcame his scepticism about being interviewed and invited me to sit down next to him on a stone bench under a shady tree. I held my notebook on my lap, and we sat on either side of a translator and talked about his life and world for more than two hours. It was one of the most informative and revealing interviews that I had done during my fieldwork in the city.
    Making it in the megacity
    One of the most fundamental challenges in qualitative fieldwork is gaining access to research participants. This is often time-consuming and labour-intensive, particularly when the topic requires in-depth methods and addresses a sensitive subject.Advice that goes beyond the usual recommendations of establishing relationships with gatekeepers, ensuring anonymity for interviewees and relying on the snowball sampling technique (in which one research participant suggests further ones) is rare. In this light, I’m happy to share some simple, but often neglected, examples from my qualitative fieldwork in the lively Guangzhou (where I worked for 12 months)1 and on the remote, Arctic island chain of Lofoten, Norway (done over 4 months)2, that might offer some inspiration and encouragement.I have a background in human geography, and did my PhD on experiences of stress, coping and resilience among the Chinese population of Guangzhou in the face of the city’s rapid urbanization. I travelled there five times to help to establish research cooperation with Chinese scholars, make field observations, select a case-study site and interview locals. I, together with other PhD students, stayed in a typical Chinese high-rise apartment in a neighbourhood that wasn’t a common choice for expatriates. Living side-by-side with the locals gave us a perfect opportunity to experience genuine everyday life and Chinese culture.My first postdoctoral project after my PhD brought me to Lofoten, where I looked at psychological barriers to climate adaptation in small-scale coastal fisheries. I went to Lofoten twice. On my first visit, I travelled across the whole archipelago by bus for one month to get a profound overview of the fishing villages and local living conditions, and to conduct first interviews. During my second visit, I stayed for a total of three months in rental locations near fishing harbours, and conducted more extensive interviews.In both China and Norway, I used in-depth interviews to learn about the challenges that people face. I asked people about unemployment, about the possibility of being forced to move elsewhere and about how climate change might affect their livelihoods. This required a sensitive and thoughtful approach to ‘getting invited’ into people’s lives. In Guangzhou, German- and English-speaking Chinese students assisted me as translators (and interpreters, when needed). On Lofoten, I conducted the interviews myself in English.There are two ways to access research participants: physical access, which refers to the ability of the researcher to get in direct face-to-face contact with people, and mental access. Successful mental access means that interlocutors open up about why they think, feel and behave as they do. Physical access is a necessary condition for mental access; however, in my experience, both are equally valuable.

    Chinese interviewees in Guangzou shared their feelings about the rapid urbanization of their city.Credit: Anna Lena Bercht

    Compared with Lofoten, it took longer to get physical access to local inhabitants in China. Presumably, this was because of the language barrier and reliance on translators, as well as cultural differences. Trust is considered a central tenet in Chinese relationships, and time and effort are needed to let it grow. During my time in Guangzhou, I occasionally benefited from being a foreigner: people were touched that someone from abroad showed genuine interest in their well-being. In Lofoten, fishers appreciated talking to a social scientist instead of a natural scientist who would have mainly asked questions about fishing quotas and catch volume.My advice for other social scientists hoping to gain access to research participants falls into those two categories.How to get good physical accessUse local public transport. Using local public transport creates many unexpected opportunities to bump into people, get into conversations and gain relevant information. For example, while waiting at a bus stop in Lofoten, I came across an art-gallery owner from a fishing village. He wondered why I was travelling out of the peak tourism season. I ended up with an invitation to his gallery, where he introduced me to two retired fishers whom he had also invited. Without the gallerist and his proactive networking, I probably would not have been given the chance to interview these two very informative and engaging fishers.In a metro station in Guangzhou, a toddler kept staring at me and tried to touch my light hair. This small interaction led me to chat to the toddler’s father, who recommended that I talk to a local teacher to learn more about the area’s history. His advice opened up important insights into urban-restructuring processes that I would have missed otherwise.
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    Use local media. In Norway, a journalist was at the harbour to get first-hand information on the year’s cod catch, when he saw me interviewing fishers. He became curious and eager to learn more about my work. In the end, he wrote an article about my research, which was published a few days later across Lofoten. His article was a door-opener for me.People recognized me from my photo in the article and contacted me to tell me about their lives and the cod fisheries. They also invited me on their vessels and put me in touch with other key informants.Change your workplace. During fieldwork, a workplace is often needed for interview transcription, literature research and interim data analysis. Moving the workplace outside wherever you are staying during a field trip allows you to immerse yourself in the daily lives of local people and interact with them more easily. For me, such agile ‘mini-office’ locations were cafes, public libraries and picnic tables. In this way, I was able to recruit interview partners on the spot.How to create deeper mental accessWear appropriate outfits. First impressions count, always. Researchers are judged not only on what they say and how they say it, but also on how they look. Certain clothes, such as those with a political slogan or religious symbol, have certain meanings and connotations. Depending on the context and whom you talk to, your appearance could promote or impede making connections and building rapport. For instance, whereas my practical ‘outdoorsy’ get-dirty outfit was appropriate for interviews on fishing vessels, a modest appearance (non-branded clothes and a simple style) was useful in rural areas of Guangzhou.Show respect. Just like in any other relationship, respect and humility play a crucial part in building a trustworthy interviewer–interviewee relationship. Showing respect can be subtly embedded in conversations in many ways, including in the content of questions and the manner in which they are asked. When interviewees started to close down when asked about painful issues, such as underemployment or loss of identity, I upheld their privacy, comfort and security by not probing when given an evasive answer. Instead, I changed the interview focus and, when appropriate, cautiously reapproached the sensitive issue by using interview techniques such as roleplaying. Interviewees were asked to put themselves in the position of someone else, such as a spatial planner or politician, and assess the issue at hand from this perspective. Taking such an imaginary role can help to make the interviewees feel more secure and face pain more openly.Be humble. Having a modest view of yourself is essential to communicate at eye level with people. As a scientist, you can easily fall into the trap of thinking that your thoughts and concepts are somehow more valuable because you are well-educated and established. However, you are the one asking questions — and the interviewees, whether they are fishers, farmers or homeless people, often know more about many things than you do. Being aware of this is an expression of humility. I let the interviewees know that they were the local experts and I was the foreign learner.Use small talk. Small talk — including non-verbal communication, such as smiling, or connective gestures, for example handing out a handkerchief or offering some tea — has an essential bonding function. Talking about ‘safe’ topics can help the interviewee to overcome the feelings of otherness, newness and discomfort that can emerge in an interview, and fosters social cohesiveness. This can help to counteract the asymmetrical power relationship between the researcher (who asks) and the researched (who answers). For example, before substantive questioning, I created shared experiences by talking about last night’s storm or the world cod-fishing championship, which takes place every year in Lofoten. This took the relationship to a greater level of intimacy and togetherness — which small talk after finishing the interview can strengthen. I remember joking about my stamina for eating properly with chopsticks to one interviewee.Use self-disclosure. Revealing selected information about yourself and sharing your own thoughts with interlocutors can help to create and reaffirm a sphere of confidentiality and trust. Fishers in Norway would, for instance, often ask “What interested you in Lofoten coastal fisheries?” or “Why do you ask me and not the scientists from Tromsø University?” I answered such questions honestly, which assisted in creating a more balanced relationship, encouraging the interviewees to address sensitive subjects more openly and readily.Change interview sites. In several interviews, I found that the answers given tended to depend on where the interview was held and which identity that site evoked for the interviewee. For example, a fisher did not talk about climate-change concerns on his fishing vessel (any concern was masked by his existential fear of losing his livelihood as a coastal fisher), but he later that day freely discussed his worries in his home. Changing the interview site can be a helpful technique to access hidden thoughts and feelings.Above all, be realistic. You will probably make mistakes; I regretted not dressing warmly enough on a fishing vessel in Arctic weather. Locals will find you amusing, weird or impolite. They will keep out of your way, and you will never know why. And they will terminate interviews prematurely with no excuse. And that’s all right. In the end, fieldwork is a combination of planning, resources, time, skills, hard work, commitment, headache, joy — and luck. 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    Viral infection switches the balance between bacterial and eukaryotic recyclers of organic matter during coccolithophore blooms

    Methods for data analysis in figuresAll analyses in figures were performed using Mathematica 12.3 (Wolfram Research, Inc., Champaign, IL, USA).Analysis in Fig. 1
    C&D. To calculate integrated abundances of E. huxleyi cells and EhV, we first selected days for which all the bags had a non-null value. Values were then summed up to obtain the integrated abundance.E&J. We computed a standard linear fit between the E. huxleyi total abundances and total EhV abundances for covered and uncovered bags separately. We followed the same procedure for the correlations in panel J and provide a comparison between different models in Supplementary Fig. 5.Analysis in Fig. 2
    A. The ASVs that were selected appeared at a relative abundance of at least 2% in at least 4 samples for the 0.2–2 µm 16S sequences and at least in 8 samples for the 2–20 µm 18S sequences. Abundances were concatenated for each time point and normalized by row, to have maximum relative abundance of 1 across all samples. ASVs were sorted by the position of their individual center of mass ({t}_{{CM}}) defined by$${t}_{{CM}}=,frac{mathop{sum}limits_{i}{t}_{i}f({t}_{i})}{mathop{sum}limits_{i}f({t}_{i})}$$
    (1)
    with i representing the different time points and f(({t}_{i})) the relative abundance of the ASV. The same figure for the individual bags in shown in Supplementary Fig. 14 and Supplementary Fig. 15.B. We selected 18S ASVs with a maximum relative abundance of at least 2% and observed in at least five samples. We averaged relative abundance across bags and then smoothed the time series with a moving average filter (width 2). Then, we grouped all ASVs into clusters based on their cosine distance using Mathematica’s FindClusters function and the KMeans method. The number of possible clusters ranged from 2 to 12, and the final number of clusters was decided using the silhouette method71. Only silhouette scores for 2 and 6 clusters were positive (between-cluster distance minus within-cluster distance).D. We subset reads that map to either Flavobacteriales or Fhodobacterales, then renormalized within each class, taking the mean over bags. Results per bag are shown in Supplementary Fig. 9.F. The turnover time was defined by the exponential rate k at which the Bray-Curtis similarity ({BC}(t)) declined over time. To this end, for a given bag, we computed the Bray–Curtis similarity between the composition vector at a starting day t’ with all following days t, giving a curve that declined roughly exponentially. For earlier starting days (for which the similarity curves declined the furthest), we found that the Bray–Curtis similarity never reached 0 but instead leveled out around ({{BC}}_{infty }=0.05) (due to ASVs that are constantly present in all the samples and maintain a minimal level of similarity between bags). Thus, we imposed an offset at(,{{BC}}_{infty }) for all fits (using Mathematica’s FindFit function) with the function:$${BC}(t)=(1-{{BC}}_{{{infty }}}) times {e}^{-kleft({t}^{{prime} }-tright)}+{{BC}}_{{{infty }}}$$
    (2)
    The turnover is averaged over bags, showing the standard deviation as error bars in the figure.G. To find differentially abundant ASVs, we first selected a subset of ASVs that had a maximum abundance of at least 10%, and performed Mann–Whitney U-Tests between the relative abundance values of a given ASV in the focal bag and all the other bags over all timepoints of the bloom’s demise. Correcting for multiple testing, we found four 16S ASVs that were differentially abundant in any of the bags, three of which were specific to bag 7, shown in Fig. 2g; and five 18S ASVs, two specific to bags 5 and 6 (Rhizosolenia delicatula and Aplanochytrium), one specific to bag 4 (Pterosperma), and two specific to bag 7 (MAST-1C and Woloszynskia halophila, shown in Fig. 2g).H. The divergence between bags was calculated as follows: we first measured, for each bag, the Bray–Curtis distance between this given bag and all the other bags at the end of the experiment (Supplementary Fig. 13). In order to control for the existing differences between bags at the beginning of the bloom, Bray–Curtis distances were normalized according to the differences between bags at the starting day of the E. huxleyi bloom. As the exact starting days of the bloom is not clear, we normalized for starting days 11, 12, or 13. The plot shows averages with the standard deviation as error bars. For the 18S microbiome, we first removed reads that map to E. huxleyi to reduce bias toward bag 7 (which had by far the lowest E. huxleyi abundance, Fig. 1c).Analysis in Fig. 3
    A. Functional annotation of dominant 18S ASVs was based on manual literature search for the 100 most abundant 18S ASVs. Automatic annotation using the functional database created by72 gave qualitatively identical results but contained fewer organisms (covering about 50% of reads). The relative abundance of each trait was obtained by summing up the relative abundance of all the species harboring a specific trait. We used the annotations from72 to further subdivide heterotrophs into osmotrophs, saprotrophs, and other types of heterotrophy (e.g., grazing), ignoring ASVs with missing annotations.D. Growth rates were computed by fitting a linear model to the log-transformed absolute abundances. For thraustochytrids, we measured growth rates until the abundances reached their maximum, i.e., for days indicated by solid lines in Fig. 3b. For bacteria in the 0.2–2 micron fraction, we measured growth rates during the bloom and demise of E. huxleyi, i.e., for the time period after day 15 until the final day, except for bag 4 (until day 22) and bag 7 (until day 18) to account for their different bloom and demise dynamics. For bacteria in the 2–20 micron fraction, we measured growth rates similarly, starting after day 10 until the final day, except bags 4 and 7 (until day 22).E. To quantify the rate of change k of the biomass ratio of thraustochytrids to bacteria we fit a linear function to the log of biomass ratio from day 10 to the time point t where the ratio was maximal; for bag 7, this was day 18, for all others, day 23. We thus have:$$,{{log }},{BR},(t)={kt},+,{{log }},{BR},(0)$$
    (3)
    Analysis in Fig. 4
    C&D. Since TEP accumulates over time, it cannot be expressed as a weighted sum of phytoplankton abundances. Instead, we formulate the model as a recursive relation where TEP can be produced by E. huxleyi, naked nanophytoplankton, and picophytoplankton, and degraded or lost through sinking:$${TEP}left(tright)=left(1-dright){TEP}left(t-1right)+{a}_{E}Eleft(tright)+{a}_{N}Nleft(tright)+{a}_{P}Pleft(tright),$$
    (4)
    The amount of TEP at time t is given by the fraction (1-d) of TEP at time t-1, where d corresponds to the fraction of TEP that is degraded between time points, plus the amount of TEP produced by the phytoplankton cells present at time t (or time t-1, which gives equivalent results). E, N, and P correspond to E. huxleyi, naked nanophytoplankton, and picophytoplankton, respectively. The parameter ({a}_{E}) corresponds to the amount of TEP produced per E. huxleyi cell, reported in panel D. ({a}_{E}) is set to be fixed through time, and different for each bag. This recursion can be solved to give an explicit expression for TEP(t):$${TEP}left(tright)=mathop{sum }limits_{{t}^{{prime} }=0}^{t}{left(1-dright)}^{t-{t}^{{prime} }}[{a}_{E}Eleft({t}^{{prime} }right)+{a}_{N}Nleft({t}^{{prime} }right)+{a}_{P}Pleft({t}^{{prime} }right)].$$
    (5)
    This functional form was then used to perform a linear model fitting with the constraint ({a}_{i}ge 0) for various values of the parameter d. The best fit, defined by maximum ({R}^{2}) over the resulting linear model, was used to fix d = 0.12. Our model considers that the fraction of non-calcified E. huxleyi cells in the nanophytoplankton counts is small.Larger phytoplankton cells ( >40 μm) filtered out from flow-cytometry measurements can also be a major source of TEP, despite low cell density. In order to verify this, FlowCam data was analyzed. None of the identified classes of larger phytoplankton (such as Phaeocystis or Dinobryon) increased in a systematic manner toward later stages of the bloom, explaining why larger phytoplankton were not included in the TEP model (Supplementary Fig. 24 and Supplementary Fig. 25).E. Using the smFISH method that reports the proportion of infected E. huxleyi cells, we estimated the amount of TEP produced from infected cells. We first used the least infected uncovered bags (bags 1 and 3) as a baseline to fix model parameters such as how much TEP does a non-infected cell produce. We then split the E. huxleyi abundance into an uninfected subpopulation producing T TEP/cell as in the uninfected bags, and an infected subpopulation producing I×T TEP/cells. To define I, we combined the fixed model parameters (i.e., amount of TEP produced per cell from Fig. 4d for bags 1 and 3) with the measured fraction of infected cells. We adjusted the factor I = 4 to minimize deviation of the measure total TEP concentration from the model prediction including the two subpopulations. The same procedure was used for panel H, using the corresponding model for PIC.F&G. To model the amount of PIC produced per cell we assume that the measured PIC only increases via new E. huxleyi coccoliths. The equivalent model for PIC reads$${PIC}left(tright)=left(1-dright){PIC}left(t-1right)+{a}_{E}{{max }}left(Eleft(tright)-Eleft(t-1right)right).$$
    (6)
    Where ({a}_{E}) is the amount of PIC produced per cell, and displayed in panel G. Using the same procedure as for TEP, we obtain the best fit for d = 0.0075. Our PIC model assumes that all PIC production comes from E. huxleyi, supported by large occurrence of E. huxleyi cells observed in scanning electron microscopy (Supplementary Fig. 1).Methods for data collectionMesocosm core setupThe mesocosm experiment AQUACOSM VIMS-Ehux was carried out for 24 days between 24th May (day 0) and 16th June (day 23) 2018 in Raunefjorden at the University of Bergen’s Marine Biological Station Espegrend, Norway (60°16′11 N; 5°13′07E). The experiment consisted of seven enclosure bags made of transparent polyethylene (11 m3, 4 m deep and 2 m wide, permeable to 90% photosynthetically active radiation) mounted on floating frames and moored to a raft in the middle of the fjord. The bags were filled with surrounding fjord water (day −1; pumped from 5 m depth) and continuously mixed by aeration (from day 0 onwards). Each bag was supplemented with nutrients at a nitrogen to phosphorus ratio of 16:1 according to the optimal Redfield Ratio (1.6 µM NaNO3 and 0.1 µM KH2PO4 final concentration) on days 0–5 and 14–17, whereas on days 6, 7 and 13 only nitrogen was added to limit the growth of pico-eukaryotes and favor the growth of E. huxleyi that is more resistant to phosphate limited conditions. Silica was not added as a nutrient source in order to suppress the growth of diatoms and to enhance E. huxleyi proliferation. Bags 5, 6, 7 were covered to collect aerosols and guarantee minimal contamination while sampling for core variables. Bags 1, 2, 3, 4 were sampled for additional assays such as metabolomics, polysaccharides profiling, and vesicles, which increase sampling time and potential for contamination.Measurement of dissolved inorganic nutrientsUnfiltered seawater aliquots (10 mL) were collected from each bag and the surrounding fjord water in 12 mL polypropylene tubes and stored frozen at −20 °C. Dissolved inorganic nutrients were measured with standard segmented flow analysis with colorimetric detection73, using a Bran & Luebe autoanalyser. Data are available in ref. 74 and values for individual bags are plotted in Supplementary Fig. 26.Measurement of water temperature and salinityWater temperature and salinity were measured in each bag and the surrounding fjord water using a SD204 CTD/STD (SAIV A/S, Laksevag, Norway). Data points were averaged for 1–3 m depth (descending only). When this depth was not available, the available data points were taken. Data are missing for the fjord in days 0–1. Outliers were removed for the following samples: bag 1 at days 0, 4, 15; bag 7 at day 15. Data are available in ref. 74.Flow cytometry measurementsSamples for flow cytometric counts were collected twice a day, in the morning (7:00 a.m.) and evening (8:00–9:00 p.m.) from each bag and the surrounding fjord, which served as an environmental reference. Water samples were collected in 50 mL centrifugal tubes from 1 m depth, pre-filtered using 40 µm cell strainers, and immediately analyzed with an Eclipse iCyt (Sony Biotechology, Champaign, IL, USA) flow cytometer. A total volume of 300 µL with a flow rate of 150 µL/min was analyzed with the machine’s software ec800 v1.3.7. A threshold was applied based on the forward scatter signal to reduce the background noise.Phytoplankton populations were identified by plotting the autofluorescence of chlorophyll versus phycoerythrin and side scatter: calcified E. huxleyi (high side scatter and high chlorophyll), Synechococcus (high phycoerythrin and low chlorophyll), nano- and picophytoplankton (high and low chlorophyll, respectively). Chlorophyll fluorescence was detected by FL4 (excitation (ex): 488 nm and emission (em): 663–737 nm). Phycoerythrin was detected by FL3 (ex: 488 nm and em: 570–620 nm). Raw.fcs files were extracted and analyzed in R using ‘flowCore’ and ‘ggcyto’ packages and all data are available on Dryad74. In particular, the gating strategy was adapted to each day and each bag and individual plots for each days and each bag can be found in the Dryad link.For bacteria and viral counts, 200 µL of sample were fixed with 4 µL of 20% glutaraldehyde (final concentration of 0.5%) for 1 h at 4 °C and flash frozen. They were thawed and stained with SYBR gold (Invitrogen) that was diluted 1:10,000 in Tris-EDTA buffer, incubated for 20 min at 80 °C and cooled to room temperature. Bacteria and viruses were counted and analyzed using a Cytoflex and identified based on the Violet SSC-A versus FITC-A by comparing to reference samples containing fixed bacteria and viruses from lab cultures. A total volume of 60 µL with a flow rate of 10 µL/min was analyzed. A threshold was applied based on the forward scatter signal to reduce the background noise. For plotting bacteria (Fig. 1h), a moving average of three successive days was used.Enumeration of extracellular EhV abundance by qPCRDNA extracts from filters from the core sampling (see above) were diluted 100 times, and 1 µL was then used for qPCR analysis. EhV abundance was determined by qPCR for the major capsid protein (mcp) gene: 5′-acgcaccctcaatgtatggaagg-3′ (mcp1F) and 5′-rtscrgccaactcagcagtcgt -3′ (mcp94Rv). All reactions were carried out in technical triplicates using water as a negative control. For all reactions, Platinum SYBER Green qPCR SuperMix-UDG with ROX (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA) was used as described by the manufacturer. Reactions were performed on a QuantStudio 5 Real-Time PCR System equipped with the QuantStudio Design and Analysis Software version 1.5.1 (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, USA) as follows: 50 °C for 2 min, 95 °C for 5 min, 40 cycles of 95 °C for 15 s, and 60 °C for 30 s. Results were calibrated against serial dilutions of EhV201 DNA at known concentrations, enabling exact enumeration of viruses. Samples showing multiple peaks in melting curve analysis or peaks that were not corresponding to the standard curves were omitted. Data are available in ref. 74. A comparison of viral counts based on flow-cytometry and qPCR is shown in Supplementary Fig. 2.FlowCam analysisSamples for automated flow imaging microcopy were collected once a day in the morning (7:00 a.m.) from each bag and the surrounding fjord, which served as an environmental reference. Water samples were collected in 50 mL centrifugal tubes from 1 m depth, kept at 12 °C in darkness, and analyzed within 2 h of sampling, using a FlowCAM II (Fluid Imaging Technologies Inc., Scarborough, ME, USA) fitted with a 300 µm path length flow cell and a 4× microscope objective. Images were collected using auto-image mode at a rate of 7 frames/second. A sample volume of 10 mL was processed at a flow rate of 0.7 mL/min. Individual objects within each sample were clustered and annotated using the Ecotaxa platform75. Absolute counts for major groups, including the most abundant ciliate category Ciliophora U04, were then exported and normalized by the individual amount of water volume processed for each sample.Data are available under “Flowcam Composite Aquacosm_2018_VIMS-Ehux” project on Ecotaxa.Scanning electron microscopy50 ml of water samples from bags or fjord were collected on polycarbonate filters (0.2 µm pore size, 47 mm diameter, Millipore). The filters were air dried and stored on petri-slides (Millipore) at room temperature. Prior to observation, a small fraction of the filter was cut and coated with 2 nm of iridium using a Safematic CCU-010 coater (Safematic GMBH, Switzerland). Samples were observed on a Zeiss Ultra SEM that was set at a working distance of 6.2 ± 0.1 mm, an acceleration voltage of 3.0 kV and an aperture size of 30 mm. The secondary electron detector was used for image acquisition.Paired dilution experimentPhytoplankton growth and microzooplankton grazing rates were estimated using the dilution method76,77. A slightly modified version of the method was used with only one low dilution level (20%) and an undiluted treatment used78. Rates calculated using this method are considered conservative but accurate when compared with those using multiple dilution levels and a linear regression. Water from bags 1–4 was collected using a peristaltic pump at ~1 m depth and mixed into a 20 L clean carboy. Water was screened through a 200 µm mesh to remove larger mesozooplankton. The collected water was shaded with black plastic and returned to shore. Dilution experiments were set-up in a temperature-controlled room, set to ambient water temperature (±2 °C). Particle-free diluent (FSW) was prepared by gravity filtering whole seawater (WSW) through a 0.45 µm inline filter (PALL Acropak™ Membrane capsule) into a clean carboy. To the FSW, WSW was gently siphoned at a proportion of 20%. The 20% dilution and 100% WSW treatments were prepared in single carboys and then siphoned into triplicate 1.2 L Nalgene™ incubation bottles. To control for nutrient limitation, additional triplicate bottles of 100% WSW were incubated without added nutrients (10 µM nitrate and 1 µM phosphate). The incubation bottles were incubated for 24 h in an outdoor tank maintained at in-situ water temperatures by a flow-through system of ambient seawater. Bottles could float freely, and the seawater inflow caused gentle agitation throughout the 24 h period. 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