Assessing the responses of Sphagnum micro-eukaryotes to climate changes using high throughput sequencing.

ABSTRACT: Current projections suggest that climate warming will be accompanied by more frequent and severe drought events. Peatlands store ca. one third of the world's soil organic carbon. Warming and drought may cause peatlands to become carbon sources through stimulation of microbial activity increasing ecosystem respiration, with positive feedback effect on global warming. Micro-eukaryotes play a key role in the carbon cycle through food web interactions and therefore, alterations in their community structure and diversity may affect ecosystem functioning and could reflect these changes. We assessed the diversity and community composition of Sphagnum-associated eukaryotic microorganisms inhabiting peatlands and their response to experimental drought and warming using high throughput sequen

SUBMITTER: Reczuga MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7505061 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature