A global exploration of microbial carbon breakdown in wetland ecosystems

该项目旨在通过确定全球范围内分解的气候、环境和微生物驱动因素，研究湿地中的植物凋落物分解如何控制土壤碳保存。该项目将利用生物地球化学和微生物生态学的跨学科方法，在淡水和沿海湿地生态领域产生新的知识。该项目的成果包括新的全球数据集，这些数据集将确定为什么一些湿地比其他湿地更好地保存碳，以及哪些管理做法可以增强固碳能力。这应该会带来显著的好处，包括推进碳循环模型和预测，以及提高管理和恢复湿地功能的能力。

This project aims to investigate how plant litter breakdown in wetlands controls soil carbon preservation by identifying the climatic, environmental and microbial drivers of decomposition on a global scale. This project will generate new knowledge in the area of freshwater and coastal wetland ecology using interdisciplinary approaches in biogeochemistry and microbial ecology. Outcomes of this project include novel global datasets that will identify why some wetlands preserve carbon better than others and what management practices can enhance sequestration capacity. This should provide significant benefits, including advancing carbon-cycling models and predictions, and improving capacity to manage and restore wetland function.