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<subject>Correction</subject>
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<article-title>Correction: Spatial pattern and environmental determinants of benthic diatom diversity in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River</article-title>
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<name><surname>Guo</surname> <given-names>Qingyang</given-names></name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"><sup>2</sup></xref>
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<name><surname>Zhu</surname> <given-names>Qin</given-names></name>
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<name><surname>Peng</surname> <given-names>Pengfei</given-names></name>
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<name><surname>Zhou</surname> <given-names>Qiuling</given-names></name>
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<name><surname>Ding</surname> <given-names>Yong</given-names></name>
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<name><surname>Zhu</surname> <given-names>Zhenchang</given-names></name>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"><sup>2</sup></xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3"><sup>3</sup></xref>
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<aff id="aff1"><label>1</label><institution>Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Ecological Security and Green Development, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Quality Improvement and Ecological Restoration for Watersheds, Guangdong University of Technology</institution>, <city>Guangzhou</city>, <country country="cn">China</country></aff>
<aff id="aff2"><label>2</label><institution>Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou)</institution>, <city>Guangzhou</city>, <country country="cn">China</country></aff>
<aff id="aff3"><label>3</label><institution>Guangdong Provincial Observation and Research Station for Social-Natural Complex Ecosystems in Haizhu Wetlands</institution>, <city>Guangzhou</city>, <country country="cn">China</country></aff>
<aff id="aff4"><label>4</label><institution>South China Sea Marine Survey Center, Ministry of Natural Resources</institution>, <city>Guangzhou</city>, <country country="cn">China</country></aff>
<aff id="aff5"><label>5</label><institution>Central Cycleecological Technology Co., Ltd.</institution>, <city>Guangzhou</city>, <country country="cn">China</country></aff>
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<corresp id="c001"><label>&#x0002A;</label>Correspondence: Zhenchang Zhu, <email xlink:href="mailto:zhenchang.zhu@gdut.edu.cn">zhenchang.zhu@gdut.edu.cn</email></corresp>
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<day>11</day>
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<related-article id="RA1" related-article-type="corrected-article" journal-id="Front. Microbiol." journal-id-type="nlm-ta" vol="16" page="1677888" xlink:href="10.3389/fmicb.2025.1677888" ext-link-type="doi">A Correction on <article-title>Spatial pattern and environmental determinants of benthic diatom diversity in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River</article-title> by Guo, Q., Zhu, Q., Peng, P., Zhou, Q., Ding, Y., and Zhu, Z. (2025). <italic>Front. Microbiol</italic>. 16:1677888. doi: <object-id>10.3389/fmicb.2025.1677888</object-id></related-article>
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<p>In the published article, there was an error in the <bold>Funding</bold> statement. The grant number for the Guangdong Introducing Innovative and Entrepreneurial Teams R&#x00026;D program was given as &#x0201C;2019ZT08L213&#x0201D;. The correct Funding statement appears below.</p>
<p>&#x0201C;The author(s) declare that financial support was received for the research and/or publication of this article. The R&#x00026;D program of Guangdong Provincial Department of Science and Technology (2024B1212040004).&#x0201D;</p>
<p>In the published article, there was an error in the Correspondence. The email address for the corresponding author was given as &#x0201C;<email>zhenchangzhu&#x00040;163.com</email>&#x0201D;. The correct email address is &#x0201C;<email>zhenchang.zhu&#x00040;gdut.edu.cn</email>&#x0201D;.</p>
<p>The original version of the article has been updated.</p>
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