Microbial communities and greenhouse gas production from a thermokarst bog chronosequence: Mechanisms of rapid carbon loss

Mark P Waldrop1, Miriam Jones2, Kristen Manies3, Jack W Mcfarland4, Steve Blazewicz3, Jason Keller5, Monica Haw6, Jennifer W W Harden7, Cassandra Medvedeff8 and Merritt R Turetsky9, (1)USGS California Water Science Center Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA, United States, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, United States, (3)US Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, United States, (4)US Department of Interior, Geological Survey, Menlo Park, United States, (5)Chapman University, Schmid College of Science and Technology, Orange, United States, (6)U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Menlo Park, United States, (7)Stanford University, Earth System Science, Stanford, United States, (8)University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States, (9)Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Boulder, United States