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, Perez, Maria Teresa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Limnologi 2017
• Subjects: allochthonous organic carbon; bacterial production; dissolved organic matter; diversity; heterotrophic; phosphorus limitation; terrestrial vegetation; treeline; Ecology; Ekologi; Alpine Lake; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-322511; 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...