Methanogenic pathways, 13C isotope fractionation, and archaeal community composition in lake sediments and wetland soils on the Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 650-664

  Liu, Yongqin ^a   Yao, Tandong ^a   Gleixner, Gerd ^c   Claus, Peter ^b   Conrad, Ralf ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

carbon isotope fractionation; methanogenic pathway; methanogens; Tibetan lake

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EUKARYOTE; GLOBAL CHANGE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; METHANOGENESIS; WETLAND;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84880103252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrg.20055     Document Type: Article

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