Methane and methanogen community dynamics across a boreal peatland nutrient gradient

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue , 2012, Pages 96-105

  Godin, Aaron ^a,d   McLaughlin, Jim W ^b   Webster, Kara L ^c   Packalen, Maara ^a,b   Basiliko, Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archaea; Carbon dioxide; Diversity; Fen; Flux; Methane; Methanogen; Microbial; Peat

Indexed keywords

16S RDNA; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCHAEA; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; BOREAL PEATLANDS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; DIVERSITY; FEN; IN-VITRO; METHANOGEN DIVERSITY; METHANOMICROBIALES (MMB); METHANOSAETACEAE; MICROBIAL; NUTRIENT GRADIENTS; ONTARIO; PEAT LAND; SOIL RESPIRATION; SUBSTRATE LIMITATION; SUBSTRATE QUALITY; TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS; WATER TABLES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ETHANOL; FLUXES; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; METHANE; NUTRIENTS; PEAT; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SOILS; SUBSTRATES; WETLANDS;

METHANOGENS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DETECTION METHOD; EMISSION; ETHANOL; FEN; FERMENTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; NUTRIENT USE; PEATLAND; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RHIZOSPHERE; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBSTRATE; SUCCESSION; WATER TABLE;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ARCHAEA; CAREX; METHANOMICROBIALES; METHANOSAETACEAE;

EID: 84857029274     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.01.018     Document Type: Article

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