Depth distribution of net methanotrophic activity at a mountain birch forest-tundra heath ecotone, northern Sweden

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 477-480

  Sjögersten, Sofie ^a   Melander, Erik ^b   Wookey, Philip A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOTONE; HEATHLAND; METHANE; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MONTANE FOREST; OXIDATION; TUNDRA; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETULA PUBESCENS SUBSP. TORTUOSA;

EID: 36049001902     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(06-009)[SJOGERSTEN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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