Nature Communications (Sep 2018)
Tropical peatland carbon storage linked to global latitudinal trends in peat recalcitrance
- Suzanne B. Hodgkins,
- Curtis J. Richardson,
- René Dommain,
- Hongjun Wang,
- Paul H. Glaser,
- Brittany Verbeke,
- B. Rose Winkler,
- Alexander R. Cobb,
- Virginia I. Rich,
- Malak Missilmani,
- Neal Flanagan,
- Mengchi Ho,
- Alison M. Hoyt,
- Charles F. Harvey,
- S. Rose Vining,
- Moira A. Hough,
- Tim R. Moore,
- Pierre J. H. Richard,
- Florentino B. De La Cruz,
- Joumana Toufaily,
- Rasha Hamdan,
- William T. Cooper,
- Jeffrey P. Chanton
Affiliations
- Suzanne B. Hodgkins
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University
- Curtis J. Richardson
- Duke University Wetland Center, Nicholas School of the Environment
- René Dommain
- Institute of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Potsdam
- Hongjun Wang
- Duke University Wetland Center, Nicholas School of the Environment
- Paul H. Glaser
- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota
- Brittany Verbeke
- Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University
- B. Rose Winkler
- Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University
- Alexander R. Cobb
- Center for Environmental Sensing and Modeling, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology
- Virginia I. Rich
- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University
- Malak Missilmani
- Laboratory of Materials, Catalysis, Environment and Analytical Methods (MCEMA-CHAMSI), EDST and Faculty of Sciences I, Lebanese University
- Neal Flanagan
- Duke University Wetland Center, Nicholas School of the Environment
- Mengchi Ho
- Duke University Wetland Center, Nicholas School of the Environment
- Alison M. Hoyt
- Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
- Charles F. Harvey
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- S. Rose Vining
- Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science, University of Arizona
- Moira A. Hough
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
- Tim R. Moore
- Department of Geography, McGill University
- Pierre J. H. Richard
- Département de Géographie, Université de Montréal
- Florentino B. De La Cruz
- Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University
- Joumana Toufaily
- Laboratory of Materials, Catalysis, Environment and Analytical Methods (MCEMA-CHAMSI), EDST and Faculty of Sciences I, Lebanese University
- Rasha Hamdan
- Laboratory of Materials, Catalysis, Environment and Analytical Methods (MCEMA-CHAMSI), EDST and Faculty of Sciences I, Lebanese University
- William T. Cooper
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University
- Jeffrey P. Chanton
- Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06050-2
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 13
Abstract
Large peatlands exist at high latitudes because flooded conditions and cold temperatures slow decomposition, so the presence of (sub)tropical peat is enigmatic. Here the authors show that low-latitude peat is preserved due to lower carbohydrate and greater aromatic content resulting in chemical recalcitrance.
