ArticleThe ISME journal2020
Recovery of fen peatland microbiomes and predicted functional profiles after rewetting.
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- Hydrologic History Regulates Microbial Biofilm Diversity and Ecosystem Function.Environmental microbiology · 2026Article
- Summer drought impacts micropredator abundance and microbial food web structure in a rewetted fen peatland.ISME communications · 2026Article
- Shifts in Soil Bacterial Diversity and Abundance at Various Taxonomic Levels in Tropical Peatlands Under Land-Use Change.International journal of microbiology · 2026Article
- Carbon and microbes in a degrading palsa mire are distinct from a peatland and a wider connected sub-Arctic fluvial system.ISME communications · 2025Article
- Changes in bacterial communities during rice cultivation remove phenolic constraints on peatland carbon preservation.ISME communications · 2024Article
- Unraveling microbial processes involved in carbon and nitrogen cycling and greenhouse gas emissions in rewetted peatlands by molecular biology.Biogeochemistry · 2024Article
- Molecular and Dual-Isotopic Profiling of the Microbial Controls on Nitrogen Leaching in Agricultural Soils under Managed Aquifer Recharge.Environmental science & technology · 2023Article
- An examination of the influence of drained peatlands on regional stream water chemistry.Hydrobiologia · 2023Article
- Shifts in the Rhizosphere and Endosphere Colonizing Bacterial Communities Under Drought and Salinity Stress as Affected by a Biofertilizer Consortium.Microbial ecology · 2022Article
- Responses of soil enzyme activities and bacterial community structure to different hydrological regimes during peatland restoration in the Changbai Mountain, northeast China.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
- Rewetting does not return drained fen peatlands to their old selves.Nature communications · 2021Article
- The Response of Microbial Communities to Peatland Drainage and Rewetting. A Review.Frontiers in microbiology · 2020Review
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Abstract
Many of the world's peatlands have been affected by water table drawdown and subsequent loss of organic matter. Rewetting has been proposed as a measure to restore peatland functioning and to halt carbon loss, but its effectiveness is subject to debate. An important prerequisite for peatland recovery is a return of typical microbial communities, which drive key processes. To evaluate the effect of rewetting, we investigated 13 fen peatland areas across a wide (>1500 km) longitudinal gradient in Europe, in which we compared microbial communities between drained, undrained, and rewetted sites. There was a clear difference in microbial communities between drained and undrained fens, regardless of location. Community recovery upon rewetting was substantial in the majority of sites, and predictive functional profiling suggested a concomitant recovery of biogeochemical peatland functioning. However, communities in rewetted sites were only similar to those of undrained sites when soil organic matter quality (as expressed by cellulose fractions) and quantity were still sufficiently high. We estimate that a minimum organic matter content of ca. 70% is required to enable microbial recovery. We conclude that peatland recovery after rewetting is conditional on the level of drainage-induced degradation: severely altered physicochemical peat properties may preclude complete recovery for decades.
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