Microbial community composition and function across an arctic tundra landscape

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1659-1670

  Zak, Donald R ^a   Kling, George W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic tundra; Dissolved organic carbon; Extracellular enzymes; Landscape patterns; Microbial communities

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CARBON ISOTOPE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INCUBATION; LANDSCAPE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL BIOTA; TUNDRA; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; SALIX;

EID: 33746510875     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[1659:MCCAFA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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