Resource Diversity Disturbs Marine Diversity and Community Stability, but Loss of Diversity Enhances Community Stability

is a salt-tolerant heterotrophic bacterium that occupies an important ecological niche in marine environments. However, little is known about the contribution of resource diversity to the marine diversity and community stability. In this study, we investigated the association among resource diversity, taxonomic diversity, phylogenetic diversity, and community stability of marine in the Beibu Gulf. and were the dominant groups in seawater and sediments, respectively, in the Beibu Gulf. Higher alpha diversity was observed in the sediments than in the seawater. Marine community assembly was dominated by deterministic processes. Pearson's correlation analysis showed that nitrite (-N), dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN), ammonium (-N), and pH were the main factors affecting marine community stability in the surface, middle, and bottom layers of seawater and sediment, respectively. Partial least-squares path models (PLS-PM) demonstrated that resource diversity, water properties, nutrients, and geographical distance had important impacts on phylogenetic and taxonomic diversity. Regression analysis revealed that the impact of resource diversity on marine diversity and community stability varied across different habitats, but loss of diversity increases community stability. Overall, this study provided insights into the mechanisms underlying the maintenance of diversity and community stability in marine environments.