Hydrology is reflected in the functioning and community composition of methanotrophs in the littoral wetland of a boreal lake

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 430-445

  Siljanen, Henri M P ^a,b   Saari, Anne ^a   Krause, Sascha ^c   Lensu, Anssi ^d   Abell, Guy C J ^e   Bodrossy, Levente ^e   Bodelier, Paul L E ^f   Martikainen, Pertti J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Finnish Environment Centre   (Finland)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^e AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^f NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Littoral wetland; Methane emission; Methane oxidation; Methanotrophs

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; METHANE; METHANE MONOOXYGENASE; OXYGENASE;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HETEROGENEITY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; METHANOTROPHY; OXIDATION; SOIL QUALITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER TABLE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FINLAND; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; WETLAND;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; FINLAND; FRESH WATER; METHANE; OXYGENASES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WETLANDS;

FINLAND; ITA SUOMEN; LAKE KEVATON;

EID: 78751687820     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.01015.x     Document Type: Article

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