Seaweed Beds Driven Enhancement of Polysaccharide and Energy Metabolism Functions and Their Multifaceted Ecological Effects: A Case Study from the Xiangyun Cove Marine Ranch

Samples were collected from algae thalli, water, and sediment in the seaweed-bed area and the control area of a marine ranch. All three sample types (algae, water, and sediment) were subjected to 16S rRNA gene sequencing, while only the water samples underwent metatranscriptomic sequencing