Stable Isotope Studies of Methane Production in Northern Wetlands

• Other Authors: Fields, Dana L. (authoraut), Chanton, Jeffrey P. (professor directing thesis), Kostka, Joel (committee member), Landing, William M. (committee member), Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution)
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University 2004
• Subjects: Oceanography; Kostka; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu%3A182590/datastream/TN/view/Stable%20Isotope%20Studies%20of%20Methane%20Production%20in%20Northern%20Wetlands.jpg

Northern peatlands are complex wetland ecosystems that are characterized as bogs, fens, or tundra. Since these systems are flooded for much of the growing season, organic matter often decomposes anaerobically. Methanogenesis is the dominant means of anaerobic metabolism occurring in these wetlands a...