Methane dynamics regulated by microbial community response to permafrost thaw

Carmody K. McCalley (), Ben J. Woodcroft, Suzanne B. Hodgkins, Richard A. Wehr, Eun-Hae Kim, Rhiannon Mondav, Patrick M. Crill, Jeffrey P. Chanton, Virginia I. Rich, Gene W. Tyson and Scott R. Saleska ()
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Carmody K. McCalley: University of Arizona
Ben J. Woodcroft: Australian Centre for Ecogenomics, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland
Suzanne B. Hodgkins: Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University
Richard A. Wehr: University of Arizona
Eun-Hae Kim: Water and Environmental Science, University of Arizona
Rhiannon Mondav: Australian Centre for Ecogenomics, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland
Patrick M. Crill: Stockholm University, Stockholm 106 91, Sweden
Jeffrey P. Chanton: Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University
Virginia I. Rich: Water and Environmental Science, University of Arizona
Gene W. Tyson: Australian Centre for Ecogenomics, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland
Scott R. Saleska: University of Arizona

Nature, 2014, vol. 514, issue 7523, 478-481

Abstract: The abundance of key microbial lineages can be used to predict atmospherically relevant patterns in methane isotopes and the proportion of carbon metabolized to methane during permafrost thaw, suggesting that microbial ecology may be important in ecosystem-scale responses to global change.

Date: 2014
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