Controls on microbial production of methane and carbon dioxide in three sphagnum-dominated peatland ecosystems as revealed by a reciprocal field peat transplant experiment

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-88

  Yavitt, Joseph B ^a   Williams, Christopher J ^a   Kelman Wieder, R ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Carbon mineralization; Methanogens; Microbial ecology; Northern wetland; Organic matter

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PEATLAND;

SPHAGNUM;

EID: 0034092512     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014904500270503     Document Type: Article

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