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Research article
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19 Jan 2016
Research article |
| 19 Jan 2016
Microbial nutrient limitation in Arctic lakes in a permafrost landscape of southwest Greenland
B. Burpee
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Climate Change Institute, and School of Biology &
Ecology, University of Maine, Maine, USA
J. E. Saros
Climate Change Institute, and School of Biology &
Ecology, University of Maine, Maine, USA
R. M. Northington
Climate Change Institute, and School of Biology &
Ecology, University of Maine, Maine, USA
K. S. Simon
School of Environment, University of Auckland, Auckland,
New Zealand
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- Spatial and temporal patterns of stream nutrient limitation in an Arctic catchment D. Hauptmann & M. Myrstener https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-023-05178-7
- Bacterial production in subarctic peatland lakes enriched by thawing permafrost B. Deshpande et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-4411-2016
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- Identifying Drivers Behind Spatial Variability of Methane Concentrations in East Siberian Ponds Z. Rehder et al. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.617662
- Assessing ecological effects of glacial meltwater on lakes fed by the Greenland Ice Sheet: The role of nutrient subsidies and turbidity B. Burpee et al. https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2017.1420953
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This study investigates microbial nutrient limitation patterns across a region of southwest Greenland in relation to environmental factors. Using microbial enzyme activities to infer nutrient limitation patterns, we determined that most lakes are P-limited. Further, P limitation was tightly controlled by lake dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentration.
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