Nature Communications (Sep 2018)

Biologically driven DOC release from peatlands during recovery from acidification

  • Hojeong Kang,
  • Min Jung Kwon,
  • Sunghyun Kim,
  • Seunghoon Lee,
  • Timothy G. Jones,
  • Anna C. Johncock,
  • Akira Haraguchi,
  • Chris Freeman

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06259-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Peatlands recovering from acidification release dissolved organic carbon (DOC), but no biological role has yet been identified in this process. Here, the authors show that pH increases enhance phenol oxidase activity, pore-water DOC concentrations and lead to greater abundances in Actinobacteria and fungi.