Multi-marker eDNA metabarcoding revealed contrasting biodiversity organization and assembly in two alpine river systems on the Qinghai–Xizang Plateau. Climatic and hydrological gradients structured community composition and interactions. Co-occurrence networks showed cohesive communities in the cold Yellow River but modular, flexible ones in the monsoon-influenced Nujiang River.
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