Dynamics of Benthic Nitrate Reduction Pathways and Associated Microbial Communities Responding to the Development of Seasonal Deoxygenation in a Coastal Mariculture Zone

[1 ]Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 264003, China

[2 ]University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

[3 ]Department of Bioengineering, School of Marine Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai 264209, China

[4 ]Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Matter Cycles, School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China

[5 ]Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China