Microbial functional potential and community composition in permafrost-affected soils of the NW Canadian Arctic.

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Béatrice A Frank-Fahle, Etienne Yergeau, Charles W Greer, Hugues Lantuit, Dirk Wagner
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Arctic; Yukon; Herschel Island; Global warming; Herschel; permafrost; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084761; https://doaj.org/article/b2b177a859fd433e9a1c6d9d6fe5a864

Permafrost-affected soils are among the most obvious ecosystems in which current microbial controls on organic matter decomposition are changing as a result of global warming. Warmer conditions in polygonal tundra will lead to a deepening of the seasonal active layer, provoking changes in microbial...