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Elevated temperature alters microbial communities, but not decomposition rates, during 3 years of in situ peat decomposition.
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ABSTRACT: Importance
Microbial community changes in response to climate change drivers have the potential to alter the trajectory of important ecosystem functions. In this paper, we show that while microbial communities in peatland systems responded to manipulations of temperature and CO2 concentrations, these changes were not associated with similar responses in peat decomposition rates over 3 years. It is unclear however from our current studies whether this functional resiliency over 3 years will continue over the longer time scales relevant to peatland ecosystem functions.
SUBMITTER: Roth SW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10654087 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Elevated temperature alters microbial communities, but not decomposition rates, during 3 years of <i>in situ</i> peat decomposition.
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<h4>Importance</h4>Microbial community changes in response to climate change drivers have the potential to alter the trajectory of important ecosystem functions. In this paper, we show that while microbial communities in peatland systems responded to manipulations of temperature and CO<sub>2</sub> concentrations, these changes were not associated with similar responses in peat decomposition rates over 3 years. It is unclear however from our current studies whether this functional resiliency over ...[more]
