2025 HALDANE PRIZE SHORTLIST: Jiawei Zhang discusses the paper “Spatial distribution and driving factors of microbial necromass carbon in coastal wetlands of China“, which has been shortlisted for Functional Ecology’s 2025 Haldane Prize for Early Career Researchers. About the Paper Our paper explores how microbial necromass carbon (MNC)—carbon derived from dead microorganisms—is distributed across China’s coastal wetlands and what drives its accumulation. Coastal wetlands are key … Continue reading Haldane Prize 2025 | Jiawei Zhang: Spatial distribution and driving factors of microbial necromass carbon in coastal wetlands of China