Methane-cycling microbial communities in permafrost affected soils on Herschel Island and the Yukon Coast, Western Canadian Arctic

• Main Author: Frank-Fahle, Béatrice A.
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: ddc:570; Institut für Biochemie und Biologie; Arctic; Herschel Island; Yukon; Arktis; Arktis*; Global warming; Herschel; permafrost; Tundra
• Online Access: https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/6398; https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-65345; https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/files/6398/frank_fahle_diss.pdf

Permafrost-affected ecosystems including peat wetlands are among the most obvious regions in which current microbial controls on organic matter decomposition are likely to change as a result of global warming. Wet tundra ecosystems in particular are ideal sites for increased methane production becau...