Wetting stimulates atmospheric CH4 oxidation by alpine soil
Studies were done to assess the effects of soil moisture manipulations on CH 4 oxidation in soils from a dry alpine tundra site. When water was added to these soils there was a stimulation of CH 4 oxidation. This stimulation of CH 4 oxidation took time to develop. One to three days after water addit...
| Published in: | FEMS Microbiology Ecology |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Text |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
1998
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| Online Access: | http://femsec.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/25/4/349 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6941.1998.tb00486.x |
| Summary: | Studies were done to assess the effects of soil moisture manipulations on CH 4 oxidation in soils from a dry alpine tundra site. When water was added to these soils there was a stimulation of CH 4 oxidation. This stimulation of CH 4 oxidation took time to develop. One to three days after water additions no stimulation was observed. Nine days after rewetting, CH 4 oxidation was greatly stimulated. This time delay suggests that methanotrophs grew in response to water additions, or that they take a long time to recover from metabolically inactive resting stages. |
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