Peatland microbial communities and decomposition processes in the James Bay Lowlands, Canada

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue FEB, 2012, Pages

  Preston, Michael D ^a   Smemo, Kurt A ^b,c   McLaughlin, James W ^d   Basiliko, Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Holden Arboretum   (United States)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; CLPP; James bay lowlands; Microbial activity; Microbial community; Peatlands; T RFLP

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868322166     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00070     Document Type: Article

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