Spatial patterns of soil development, methane oxidation, and methanotrophic diversity along a receding Glacier forefield, Southeast Greenland

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 178-188

  Bárcena, Teresa G ^a   Finster, Kai W ^a,b   Yde, Jacob C ^a,c,d,e  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d Center for Geomicrobiology   (Denmark)

^e WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE DETERMINATION; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEGLACIATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GLACIATION; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER RETREAT; ICE COVER; ICE FREE CORRIDOR; LITTLE ICE AGE; METHANE; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; METHANOTROPHY; MORAINE; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXIDATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AMMASSALIK ISLAND; ARCTIC; GREENLAND; MITTIVAKKAT GLACIER;

EID: 79956049922     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-43.2.178     Document Type: Article

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