Potential methane oxidation, production, organic matter compositon, gene copies, and environmental data

• Main Authors: Robroek, Bjorn J. M., Jassey, Vincent E. J., Kox, Martine A. R., Berendsen, Roeland L., Mills, Robert T. E., Cécillon, Lauric, Puissant, Jéremy, Meima–Franke, Marion, Bakker, Peter A. H. M., Bodelier, Paul L. E.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Dryad Digital Repository 2015
• Subjects: CH4; methanotrophic communities; methanogenesis; mid–infrared spectroscopy; path analysis; plant–soil below-ground interactions; PLFA; pmoA; Sphagnum–dominated peatlands; Graminoids; Ericoids; Northern Europe; Southern Sweden; Nemoboreal zone; Store Mosse National Park; Holocene; Sphagnum spp.; Sphagnum cuspidatum; Sphagnum magellanicum; Sphagnum rubellum; Erica tetralix; Vaccinium oxycoccus; Andromeda polifolia; Empetrum nigrum; Calluna vulgaris; Eriophorum angustifolium; Eriophorum vaginatum; Rhynchospora alba
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.3216c/2; http://datadryad.org/resource/doi:10.5061/dryad.3216c/2

In early June 2011, 48 experimental plots (50 × 50 cm) were established in lawn (n = 24) and hummock microhabitats (n = 24) in a Sphagnum-dominated ombrotrophic peatland in the Store Mosse National Park, Sweden (57°17’54 N, 14°00’39 E). In both microhabitats, the vascular plant functional type (PFT) composition was manipulated by removing (clipping) ericoids (–Eric), graminoids (–Gram), or both. A set of control plots remained intact. One year later, peat samples (c. 20 g. f. wt) were collected from all plots (n =48) at the aerobic/anaerobic boundary (10 – 30 cm below the peat surface, microhabitat dependent). These samples were used to measure potential methane production, potential methane oxidation, organic matter chemistry, pmoA gene copies, and environmental data.