Methanogenic activity and biomass in Holocene permafrost deposits of the Lena Delta, Siberian Arctic and its implication for the global methane budget

Global Change Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1089-1099

  Wagner, Dirk ^a   Gattinger, Andreas ^b   Embacher, Arndt ^c   Pfeiffer, Eva Maria ^a,e   Schloter, Michael ^c   Lipski, André ^d  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Methane; Methane release; Methanogenesis; Permafrost deposits; Phospholipid biomarker; Psychrophiles

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; BIOMASS; CARBON BUDGET; HOLOCENE; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; PERMAFROST; PHOSPHOLIPID;

EURASIA; LENA DELTA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHA;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 34247567034     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01331.x     Document Type: Article

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