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Maximum summer temperatures predict the temperature adaptation of Arctic soil bacterial communities
Amsterdam Institute for Life and Environment, Section of Systems Ecology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Mark Dekker
Amsterdam Institute for Life and Environment, Section of Systems Ecology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Rien Aerts
Amsterdam Institute for Life and Environment, Section of Systems Ecology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
James T. Weedon
Amsterdam Institute for Life and Environment, Section of Systems Ecology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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In subarctic grassland on a geothermal warming gradient, we found large reductions in topsoil carbon stocks, with carbon stocks linearly declining with warming intensity. Most importantly, however, we observed that soil carbon stocks stabilised within 5 years of warming and remained unaffected by warming thereafter, even after > 50 years of warming. Moreover, in contrast to the large topsoil carbon losses, subsoil carbon stocks remained unaffected after > 50 years of soil warming.
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Bacterial communities in the soils of the Arctic region decompose soil organic matter to CO2 from a large carbon pool. The amount of CO2 released is likely to increase under future climate conditions. Here, we study how temperature sensitive the growth of soil bacterial communties is for 12 sampling sites in the sub to high Arctic. We show that the optimal growth temperature varies between 23 and 34 °C and is influenced by the summer temperature.
Bacterial communities in the soils of the Arctic region decompose soil organic matter to CO2...
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