Impact of fire on active layer and permafrost microbial communities and metagenomes in an upland Alaskan boreal forest

• Published in: The ISME Journal
• Main Authors: Taş, N, Prestat, E, McFarland, JW, Wickland, KP, Knight, R, Berhe, AA, Jorgenson, T, Waldrop, MP, Jansson, JK
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2014
• Subjects: Nome Creek; Nome; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/8vb0q9x6

Permafrost soils are large reservoirs of potentially labile carbon (C). Understanding the dynamics of C release from these soils requires us to account for the impact of wildfires, which are increasing in frequency as the climate changes. Boreal wildfires contribute to global emission of greenhouse...