r-/K- microbial communities

r and K strategies refer to how organisms adapt to their environment, particularly regarding growth and resource competition. R-selected species are typically fast-growing and opportunistic, thriving in unstable environments with abundant resources, while K-selected species are slow-growing and competitive, doing well in stable, resource-limited environments with high population densities.

r-selected species:

1. Rapid growth: They have high growth rates (r).
2. Opportunistic: They quickly colonize unexploited environments.
3. Unstable environments: They thrive in environments with dynamic resource variations (e.g., disturbances, feast-and-famine).

K-selected species:

1. Slow growth: They have lower growth rates.
2. Competitive: They are specialists in competition and have a high affinity for resources.
3. Stable environments: They are well-suited for stable environments with limited resources and high population density (close to carrying capacity, K).

Jupyter Notebooks for the dashboards can be found here

Track main species across time and space.¶

TBC

Future directions¶

1. Correlate with Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs)?