Effects of Acid on Plant Litter Decomposition in an Arctic Lake

• Main Authors: McKinley, Vicky L., Vestal, J. Robie
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1982
• Subjects: General Microbial Ecology; Arctic; Arctic Lake; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC244204; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16346015

The effects of acid on the microbial decomposition of the dominant aquatic macrophyte (Carex sp.) in Toolik Lake, Alaska were studied in microcosms during the ice-free season of 1980. Toolik Lake is slightly buffered, deep, and very oligotrophic. Microbial activities, as determined by 14C-acetate in...