Salinity-Linked Denitrification Potential in Endorheic Lake Bosten (China) and Its Sensitivity to Climate Change.

ABSTRACT: Endorheic lakes in arid regions of Northwest China are generally vulnerable and sensitive to accelerated climate change and extensive human activities. Therefore, a better understanding of the self-purification capacity of ecosystems, such as denitrification, is necessary to effectively protect these water resources. In the present study, we measured unamended and amended denitrification rates of Lake Bosten by adding the ambient and extra nitrate isotopes in slurry incubations. Meanwhile, we investigated the abundances and community structure of nitrous oxide-reducing microorganisms using qPCR and high-throughput sequencing, respectively, in the surface sediments of Lake Bosten to study denitrification potential in endorheic lakes of arid regions as well as the response of those denitrifi

SUBMITTER: Jiang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9329126 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature