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Bromeliad Catchments as Habitats for Methanogenesis in Tropical Rainforest Canopies

Tropical epiphytic plants within the family Bromeliaceae are unusual in that they possess foliage capable of retaining water and impounded material. This creates an acidic (pH 3.5–6.5) and anaerobic (<1 ppm O(2)) environment suspended in the canopy. Results from a Costa Rican rainforest show that...

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Autores principales: Goffredi, Shana K., Jang, Gene E., Woodside, Walter T., Ussler, William
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Research Foundation 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3246357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22207867
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2011.00256