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Interactions among fungal community structure, litter decomposition and depth of water table in a cutover peatland

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Interactions among fungal community structure, litter decomposition and depth of water table in a cutover peatland. / Trinder, Clare J.; Johnson, David; Artz, Rebekka R. E.
In: FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Vol. 64, No. 3, 30.06.2008, p. 433-448.

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Trinder, CJ, Johnson, D & Artz, RRE 2008, 'Interactions among fungal community structure, litter decomposition and depth of water table in a cutover peatland', FEMS Microbiology Ecology, vol. 64, no. 3, pp. 433-448. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00487.x

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Trinder, C. J., Johnson, D., & Artz, R. R. E. (2008). Interactions among fungal community structure, litter decomposition and depth of water table in a cutover peatland. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 64(3), 433-448. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00487.x

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Trinder CJ, Johnson D, Artz RRE. Interactions among fungal community structure, litter decomposition and depth of water table in a cutover peatland. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 2008 Jun 30;64(3):433-448. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00487.x

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Trinder, Clare J. ; Johnson, David ; Artz, Rebekka R. E. / Interactions among fungal community structure, litter decomposition and depth of water table in a cutover peatland. In: FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 2008 ; Vol. 64, No. 3. pp. 433-448.

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abstract = "Peatlands are important reservoirs of carbon (C) but our understanding of C cycling on cutover peatlands is limited. We investigated the decomposition over 18 months of five types of plant litter (Calluna vulgaris, Eriophorum angustifolium, Eriophorum vaginatum, Picea sitchensis and Sphagnum auriculatum) at a cutover peatland in Scotland, at three water tables. We measured changes in C, nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) in the litter and used denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis to investigate changes in fungal community composition. The C content of S. auriculatum litter did not change throughout the incubation period whereas vascular plant litters lost 30–40% of their initial C. There were no differences in C losses between low and medium water tables, but losses were always significantly less at the high water table. Most litters accumulated N and E. angustifolium accumulated significant quantities of P. C, N and P were significant explanatory variables in determining changes in fungal community composition but explained ",
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