Articles | Volume 13, issue 15
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-4411-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-4411-2016
Research article
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08 Aug 2016
Research article |  | 08 Aug 2016

Bacterial production in subarctic peatland lakes enriched by thawing permafrost

Bethany N. Deshpande, Sophie Crevecoeur, Alex Matveev, and Warwick F. Vincent

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Subarctic lakes are changing in size as a result of permafrost thawing, resulting in mobilization of soil materials. Our study characterizes the carbon and nutrient regime of a set of thaw lakes and their adjacent permafrost soils in a rapidly degrading landscape, showing how these materials create favorable conditions for aquatic bacterial communities. We discuss the controls over the bacterial community, and demonstrate that gain processes are not a primary control.
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