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Physicochemical analyses revealed elevated nutrient concentrations, chlorophyll-a (59.21\u2013226.35\u00a0\u00b5g L\u207b\n                    <jats:sup>1<\/jats:sup>\n                    ), with localized hypoxia (dissolved oxygen as low as 2.14\u00a0mg L\u207b\n                    <jats:sup>1<\/jats:sup>\n                    in site 2). High-throughput 16S rRNA metabarcoding revealed microbial communities dominated by Actinobacteriota (27.35%) and Proteobacteria (26.73%), with beta-diversity patterns driven primarily by species turnover, indicating strong environmental filtering along the pollution gradient. eDNA metabarcoding detected pathogen-associated taxa, including Mycobacterium, Legionella, Burkholderiaceae, Erysipelothrix, Leptospira, and Flavobacterium, many of which were not recovered by culture-based methods. Cross-database integration of SILVA (v138) and GTDB (r214) references identified 256 ASVs assigned to pathogen-associated taxa across 32 genera, with the dual-database strategy detecting 20\u201352% additional pathogen-associated ASVs relative to either database alone. Spearman correlation was examined for the 27 taxa with physicochemical parameters; phosphate, chlorophyll-a, dissolved oxygen, and BOD came up most often. Spearman correlation analysis revealed two perfect taxon\u2013environment associations: a positive correlation between G_Pseudomonas and nitrate (\u03c1\u2009= +\u20091.00) and a negative correlation between G_Acinetobacter and chlorophyll-a (\u03c1\u2009= \u2212\u20091.00). Both associations were nominally significant before multiple-testing correction (uncorrected p\u2009=\u20090.017); however, neither remained statistically significant after correction for multiple comparisons. These findings were therefore interpreted as exploratory associations rather than evidence of environmental drivers or causal relationships. Integration of remote sensing indices (NDWI, NDTI, NDCI, CDOM, NDVI) and water variables aids in identification of the surrounding environment associated with the presence of species. Culture-dependent analyses identified\n                    <jats:italic>Aeromonas<\/jats:italic>\n                    spp. as the dominant intestinal isolate and the only genus consistently observed by both approaches, suggesting selective host filtering between environmental and gut-associated communities. Histopathological examination revealed epithelial necrosis, villous atrophy, and goblet cell hyperplasia, with the most severe lesions at sites of highest organic loading. 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