Effects of Salinity and Inundation on Microbial Community Structure and Function in a Mangrove Peat Soil

• Published in: Wetlands (Wilmington, N.C.) Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 361 - 371
• Main Authors: Chambers, Lisa G., Guevara, Rafael, Boyer, Joseph N., Troxler, Tiffany G., Davis, Stephen E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.04.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Alkaline phosphatase; Alkaline soils; ammonium compounds; Aquatic ecosystems; Bacteria; Biogeochemistry; Biomedical and Life Sciences; carbon; Carbon dioxide; Coastal ecosystems; Coastal Sciences; Community composition; Community structure; Composition; Dissolved organic carbon; Ecology; ecosystems; Environmental changes; Environmental indicators; Environmental Management; Environmental stress; Enzymatic activity; Enzyme activity; Enzymes; Eukaryotes; eukaryotic cells; Fatty acids; Florida; fluorescence; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Hydrogeology; Indicators; Landscape Ecology; Life Sciences; Metabolism; microbial communities; Microbiomes; Microorganisms; Original Research; Oxidation; Oxidation-reduction potential; Peat; Peat soils; phospholipid fatty acids; Phospholipids; Pore water; Prokaryotes; prokaryotic cells; Redox potential; restriction fragment length polymorphism; Salinity; Salinity effects; Sea level; Sea level rise; soil enzymes; Soils; Structure-function relationships; Tidal flooding; wetland soils; Wetlands; ASW, USA, Florida, Everglades; Florida; Sea level rise; Coastal wetland; Mangrove; Peat; Salinity

Shifts in microbial community function and structure can be indicators of environmental stress and ecosystem change in wetland soils. This study evaluated the effects of increased salinity, increased inundation, and their combination, on soil microbial function (enzyme activity) and structure (phosp...