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Plant genotype controls wetland soil microbial functioning in response to sea-level rise
Key Laboratory of Land Resources Evaluation and Monitoring in
Southwest, Ministry of Education, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu,
610068, China
Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology, Universität Hamburg,
Hamburg, 22609, Germany
Susanne Liebner
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Geomicrobiology, Potsdam,
14469, Germany
Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam,
14469, Germany
Svenja Reents
Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology, Universität Hamburg,
Hamburg, 22609, Germany
Stefanie Nolte
School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich,
NR47TJ, UK
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Pakefield
Rd, Lowestoft, UK
Kai Jensen
Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology, Universität Hamburg,
Hamburg, 22609, Germany
Fabian Horn
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Geomicrobiology, Potsdam,
14469, Germany
Peter Mueller
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology, Universität Hamburg,
Hamburg, 22609, Germany
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD 21037, USA
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We examined if sea-level rise and plant genotype interact to affect soil microbial functioning in a mesocosm experiment using two genotypes of a dominant salt-marsh grass characterized by differences in flooding sensitivity. Larger variability in microbial community structure, enzyme activity, and litter breakdown in soils with the more sensitive genotype supports our hypothesis that effects of climate change on soil microbial functioning can be controlled by plant intraspecific adaptations.
We examined if sea-level rise and plant genotype interact to affect soil microbial functioning...
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