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http://dx.doi.org/10.5532/KJAFM.2007.9.3.161

Climate Effects on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Microbial Communities in Wetlands  

Kim, Seon-Young (Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University)
Kang, Ho-Jeong (School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University)
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Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology / v.9, no.3, 2007 , pp. 161-169 More about this Journal
Abstract
Global climate changes including elevated $CO_2$, drought, and global warming may influence greenhouse gas emissions in wetlands. A variety of microbial communities including denitrifiers and methanogens play a key role in determining such processes. In this paper we summarize current knowledge on the effects of climate changes on $CO_2,\;CH_4$, and $N_2O$ production and microbial communities mediating those processes in wetlands. Elevated atmospheric $CO_2$ and warming generally increase gas emissions, but effects of droughts differ with gas type and drying level. The responses of microbial community to climate changes in terms of composition, diversity and abundance are still in question due to lack of studies in wetlands. Based on the present review, it is suggested that future studies on microbial processes should consider microbial community and relationships between microbial function and structure with diverse environmental factors including climate changes. Such knowledge would be crucial to better understand and predict accurately any shifts in ecological functions of wetlands.
Keywords
Elevated $CO_2$; Drought; Greenhouse gas emissions; Microbial community; Warming; Wetland;
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