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Alteration Of Microbial Communities Colonizing Leaf Litter In A Temperate Woodland Stream By Growth Of Trees Under Conditions Of Elevated Atmospheric Co2, John J. Kelly, Amit Bansal, Jonathan Winkelman, Lori R. Janus, Shannon Hell, Marie Wencel, Patricia Belt, Kevin A. Kuehn, Steven T. Rier, Nancy C. Tuchman
Alteration Of Microbial Communities Colonizing Leaf Litter In A Temperate Woodland Stream By Growth Of Trees Under Conditions Of Elevated Atmospheric Co2, John J. Kelly, Amit Bansal, Jonathan Winkelman, Lori R. Janus, Shannon Hell, Marie Wencel, Patricia Belt, Kevin A. Kuehn, Steven T. Rier, Nancy C. Tuchman
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Elevated atmospheric CO2 can cause increased carbon fixation and altered foliar chemical composition in a variety of plants, which has the potential to impact forested headwater streams because they are detritus-based ecosystems that rely on leaf litter as their primary source of organic carbon. Fungi and bacteria play key roles in the entry of terrestrial carbon into aquatic food webs, as they decompose leaf litter and serve as a source of nutrition for invertebrate consumers. This study tested the hypothesis that changes in leaf chemistry caused by elevated atmospheric CO2 would result in changes in the size and …