Microbial activity across a boreal peatland nutrient gradient: The role of fungi and bacteria

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 77-88

  Myers, Britney ^a   Webster, Kara L ^b   Mclaughlin, Jim W ^c   Basiliko, Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Cycloheximide; Decomposition; Fen; Soil; Streptomycin; Substrate induced respiration

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DECOMPOSITION; FEN; FUNGUS; GAS EXCHANGE; GREENHOUSE GAS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MYCORRHIZA; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PEAT SOIL; PEATLAND; PH; PHYLOGENY; RESPIRATION; SUBSTRATE;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 84858451512     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-011-9242-2     Document Type: Article

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