Methane dynamics regulated by microbial community response to permafrost thaw

Nature

Volumn 514, Issue 7253, 2014, Pages 478-481

  McCalley, Carmody K ^a,f   Woodcroft, Ben J ^b   Hodgkins, Suzanne B ^c   Wehr, Richard A ^a   Kim, Eun Hae ^d   Mondav, Rhiannon ^b,g   Crill, Patrick M ^e   Chanton, Jeffrey P ^c   Rich, Virginia I ^d   Tyson, Gene W ^b   Saleska, Scott R ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^g UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ISOTOPE; METHANE;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; GLOBAL CHANGE; METHANE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PERMAFROST; THAWING;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; LANDSCAPE; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PERMAFROST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; THAWING; VEGETATION; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARCTIC; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; FREEZING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

SWEDEN;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ARCTIC REGIONS; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; FREEZING; METHANE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SWEDEN;

EID: 84921886760     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13798     Document Type: Article

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