Redox-Active Organic Matter Reduction in Colorado Rocky Mountain Wetlands

A 63-day anaerobic laboratory incubation of soils from three high-elevation wetlands at the Niwot Ridge LTER site measured redox-active organic matter reduction, methane, and carbon dioxide production. The dataset includes microbial community composition analysis and shows the SAW wetland produced significantly more methane (~350 μmol C g⁻¹ dw soil) than the PSL (~25 μmol C g⁻¹ dw soil). It was authored by Annalise K. Schroeder and last updated on 2026-04-20.

Use Cases

• Modeling methane production dynamics based on redox-active organic matter reduction rates.
• Comparing microbial community diversity and function across different wetland types.
• Investigating controls on carbon storage and release in high-elevation ecosystems.

Strengths

• Includes specific quantitative results from a 63-day controlled incubation, such as methane production levels (~350 μmol C g⁻¹).
• Compares three distinct wetland types (SAW, PSL, AWM) within a long-term ecological research site.
• Dataset is openly available under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The 1.8 MB size suggests a relatively small dataset.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Annalise K. Schroeder.

Collection Method

Laboratory incubation and microbial community analysis of soil samples.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 18:35:14; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Niwot Ridge Long-Term Ecological Research site, Colorado Rocky Mountains, USA.