Background Submerged soils are globally important both in natural and agricultural
ecosystems and cover 5–7% of the global land surface. Therefore, processes in submerged …

The indiscriminate use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides has caused considerable
environmental damage over the years. However, the growing demand for food in the coming …

Although the effects of fertilization and microbiota on plant growth have been widely studied,
our understanding of the chemical fertilizers to alter soil chemical and microbiological …

Restoring degraded peat soils presents an attractive, but largely untested, climate change
mitigation approach. Drained peat soils used for agriculture can be large greenhouse gas …

Background Plants condition the soil in which they grow, thereby altering the performance of
subsequent plants growing in this soil. This phenomenon, known as plant-soil feedback …

Despite the recognized organic carbon (OC) sequestration potential of mangrove forests, the
ongoing climate change and anthropogenic disturbances pose a great threat to these …

Phosphorus, a dominating element responsible for eutrophication, is a potential limiting
nutrient in wetland ecosystem. In this study, the release risk of phosphorus was evaluated by …

Research into biotic interactions has been a core theme of ecology for over a century.
However, despite the obvious role that biota play in the global carbon cycle, the effects of …

Abstract Wetlands store 20–30% of the world's soil carbon, and identifying the microbial
controls on these carbon reserves is essential to predicting feedbacks to climate change …

Peat accumulation in high latitude wetlands represents a natural long-term carbon sink,
resulting from the cumulative excess of growing season net ecosystem production over non …