Microbial Functional Potential and Community Composition in Permafrost-Affected Soils of the NW Canadian Arctic

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Frank-Fahle, Béatrice A., Yergeau, Étienne, Greer, Charles W., Lantuit, Hugues, Wagner, Dirk
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2014
• Subjects: Research Article; Arctic; Herschel Island; Yukon; Global warming; Herschel; permafrost; Tundra
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3885591; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084761

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...