Permafrost soil characteristics and microbial community structure across a boreal forest watershed vary over short spatial scales and dictate community responses to thaw.
Eric Matthew Bottos1, Dave Kennedy2, Elvira B. Romero1, Sarah Fansler3, Rosalie Kae Chu4, Malak Tfaily5, Janet Jansson6, James Stegen1, Hans C Bernstein1, Joseph K Brown7 and Lye Meng Markillie8, (1)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, (2)Pacific Northwest National Lab, Microbiology Group, Biological Sciences Division, Richland, WA, United States, (3)Battelle PNNL, Richland, United States, (4)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Richland, United States, (5)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, (6)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Earth and Biological Sciences, Richland, WA, United States, (7)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, United States, (8)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Richland, United States
