“…Understanding key N biogeochemical processes and N 2 O dynamics is critical for uncovering the responses of China’s aquatic environments to human activities. Hou et al (2022) found that the response of N transformations to oxygen level was not completely consistent and was affected by substrate availability among different aquatic ecosystems; and the biogeochemical processes and microbial activities of sediment in a unit volume might be higher than those of the water body, but the total volume of the water column in aquatic environments was larger than that of sediment with intensively biogeochemical processes. The research frontier is gaining interdisciplinary modeling efforts by incorporating biogeochemical processes and microbial data to understand the N cycle and related environmental implications in China’s diverse aquatic environments.…”