Climate‐related changes of soil characteristics affect bacterial community composition and function of high altitude and latitude lakes

• Published in: Global Change Biology
• Main Authors: Rofner, Carina, Peter, Hannes, Catalán, Núria, Drewes, Fabian, Sommaruga, Ruben, Pérez, María Teresa
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
• Subjects: Primary Research Articles; Alpine Lake; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5434934/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27801530; https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13545

Lakes at high altitude and latitude are typically unproductive ecosystems where external factors outweigh the relative importance of in‐lake processes, making them ideal sentinels of climate change. Climate change is inducing upward vegetation shifts at high altitude and latitude regions that transl...