Constraints on microbial communities, decomposition and methane production in deep peat deposits.

Peatlands play outsized roles in the global carbon cycle. Despite occupying a rather small fraction of the terrestrial biosphere (~3%), these ecosystems account for roughly one third of the global soil carbon pool. This carbon is largely comprised of undecomposed deposits of plant material (peat) th...

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Main Authors: Laurel A Kluber, Eric R Johnston, Samantha A Allen, J Nicholas Hendershot, Paul J Hanson, Christopher W Schadt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223744