Permafrost thaw stimulates primary producers but has a moderate effect on primary consumers in subarctic ponds

Abstract Frozen tundra soils hold one of the Earth's largest pools of organic carbon. Climate warming and the associated permafrost thaw release a large fraction of this carbon into circumpolar lakes, inducing extreme browning that fuels the heterotrophic microbial food web. How this permafrost...

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Main Authors: Maxime Wauthy, Milla Rautio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-06-01
Series:Ecosphere
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3099