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Integrating Decomposers, Methane-Cycling Microbes and Ecosystem Carbon Fluxes Along a Peatland Successional Gradient in a Land Uplift Region

Juottonen, Heli,Kieman, Mirkka,Fritze, Hannu,Hamberg, Leena,Laine, Anna M.,Merilä, Päivi,Peltoniemi, Krista,Putkinen, Anuliina,Tuittila, Eeva-Stiina

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This is a sel -a chi ed e sion o an o iginal a icle. This e sion may di e om he o iginal in pagina ion and ypog aphic de ails. Au ho (s): Ti le: Yea : Ve sion: Copy igh : Righ s: Righ s u l: Please ci e he o iginal e sion: CC BY 4.0 h ps://c ea i ecommons.o g/licenses/by/4.0/ In eg a ing Decompose s, Me hane-Cycling Mic obes and Ecosys em Ca bon Fluxes Along a Pea land Successional G adien in a Land Upli Region © Au ho s, 2021 Published e sion Juo onen, Heli; Kieman, Mi kka; F i ze, Hannu; Hambe g, Leena; Laine, Anna M.; Me ilä, Päi i; Pel oniemi, K is a; Pu kinen, Anuliina; Tui ila, Ee a-S iina Juo onen, H., Kieman, M., F i ze, H., Hambe g, L., Laine, A. M., Me ilä, P., Pel oniemi, K., Pu kinen, A., & Tui ila, E.-S. (2022). In eg a ing Decompose s, Me hane-Cycling Mic obes and Ecosys em Ca bon Fluxes Along a Pea land Successional G adien in a Land Upli Region. Ecosys ems, 25(6), 1249-1264. h ps://doi.o g/10.1007/s10021-021-00713-w 2022 In eg a ing Decompose s, Me hane- Cycling Mic obes and Ecosys em Ca bon Fluxes Along a Pea land Successional G adien in a Land Upli Region Heli Juo onen, 1,2 * Mi kka Kieman, 3 Hannu F i ze, 4 Leena Hambe g, 4 Anna M. Laine, 3,5,6 Pa ¨i i Me ila ¨, 7 K is a Pel oniemi, 4 Anuliina Pu kinen, 2,8,9 and Ee a-S iina Tui ila 3,6 1 Depa men o Biological and En i onmen al Science, Uni e si y o Jy a ¨skyla ¨, P.O. Box 35, 40014 Jy a ¨skyla ¨, Finland; 2 Depa men o Biosciences, Gene al Mic obiology, Uni e si y o Helsinki, P.O. Box 56, 00014 Helsinki, Finland; 3 Pea land Ecology G oup, Depa - men o Fo es Sciences, Uni e si y o Helsinki, P.O. Box 27, 00014 Helsinki, Finland; 4 Na u al Resou ces Ins i u e Finland (Luke), P.O. Box 2, 00791 Helsinki, Finland; 5 P esen Add ess: Geological Su ey o Finland, Neulaniemen ie 5, P.O. Box 1237, 70211 Kuopio, Finland; 6 P esen Add ess: School o Fo es Sciences, Uni e si y o Eas e n Finland, P.O. Box 111, 80101 Joensuu, Finland; 7 Na u al Resou ces Ins i u e Finland (Luke), Paa o Ha aksen ie 3, 90570 Oulu, Finland; 8 En i onmen al Soil Science, Depa men o Ag i- cul u e, Uni e si y o Helsinki, P.O. Box 56, 00014 Helsinki, Finland; 9 Ins i u e o A mosphe ic and Ea h Sys em Resea ch (INAR)/ Fo es Sciences, Uni e si y o Helsinki, P.O. Box 56, 00014 Helsinki, Finland ABSTRACT Pea lands a e ca bon dioxide (CO 2 ) sinks ha , in pa allel, elease me hane (CH 4 ). The pea land ca - bon (C) balance depends on he in e play o decompose and CH 4 -cycling mic obes, ege a ion, and en i onmen al condi ions. These in e ac ions a e suscep ible o he changes ha occu along a successional g adien om ascula plan -domi- na ed sys ems o Sphagnum moss-domina ed sys- ems. Changes simila o his succession a e p edic ed o occu om clima e change. He e, we in es iga ed how mic obial and plan communi ies a e in e linked wi h each o he and wi h ecosys em C cycling along a successional g adien on a bo eal land upli coas . The g adien anged om sho e- line o meadows and ens, and u he o bogs. Po en ial mic obial ac i i y (ae obic CO 2 p oduc- ion; CH 4 p oduc ion and oxida ion) and biomass we e g ea es in he ea ly successional meadows, al hough hei communi ies o ae obic decom- pose s ( ungi, ac inobac e ia), me hanogens, and me hano ophs did no di e om he olde ens. Ins ead, he unc ional mic obial communi ies shi ed a he en–bog ansi ion concu en wi h a sudden dec ease in C luxes. The successional pa - e ns o decompose e sus CH 4 -cycling commu- ni ies di e ged a he bog s age, indica ing s ong bu dis inc mic obial esponses o Sphagnum dominance and acidi y. We highligh young meadows as dynamic si es wi h he g ea es mic obial po en ial o C elease. These ho spo s o C u no e wi h dense sedge co e may ep esen a Recei ed 5 May 2021; accep ed 16 Sep embe 2021 Supplemen a y In o ma ion: The online e sion con ains supple- men a y ma e ial a ailable a h ps://doi.o g/10.1007/s10021-021-0071 3-w. EST and HF concei ed he s udy; EST, PM and AML pe o med ield sampling and lux measu emen s; MK, HJ, KP and AP pe o med esea ch in he lab; LH, MK, AML and HJ analyzed da a; HJ, MK, HF, AML, LH and EST w o e he pape and all au ho s commen ed on i . *Co esponding au ho ; e-mail: heli.[email p o ec ed] Ecosys ems h ps://doi.o g/10.1007/s10021-021-00713-w 2021 The Au ho (s) sensi i e bo leneck in succession, which is neces- sa y o e en ual long- e m pea accumula ion. The dis inc i e mic obes in bogs could se e as indica- o s o he C sink unc ion in es o a ion measu es ha aim o s abilize he C in he pea . Key wo ds: ecosys em espi a ion; me hane emission; ungi; ac inobac e ia; me hanogens; me hano ophs; mic obial biomass; mic obial communi y; p ima y paludi ica ion; pea land de elopmen . HIGHLIGHTS Ea ly successional meadows we e ho spo s o mic obial ac i i y and ca bon u no e . Mic obial communi y shi ed a he en–bog ansi ion wi h dec easing ca bon lux. Mic obes in bogs could be indica o s o he ca bon sink unc ion o a pea land. INTRODUCTION Abou 30% o he global soil ca bon (C) is s o ed in pea lands (Go ham 1991). Consequen ly, pea land ecosys ems play a key ole in con olling a mo- sphe ic ca bon dioxide (CO 2 ) and me hane (CH 4 ) concen a ions (Yu 2012). They a e unique habi a s o la gely wa e -logged o ganic soils, whe e chan- ges in en i onmen al condi ions a ec he in e play o p ima y p oduce s and decompose s, which can u n he sys em in o a C sink o sou ce ( o example, Laiho 2006). This in e play includes plan s, ungi, bac e ia, and CH 4 -p oducing a chaea (me hanogens) and CH 4 -oxidizing bac e ia (MOB) especially, which a e p esen unde speci ic en i- onmen al condi ions ha a e de e mined by mois u e con en and e ili y le el (So oco nola and o he s 2009; Ande sen and o he s 2011,2013). Clima e change is likely o dis up he complex in e play ha de e mines he pea land C balance. In pea lands, he impac s o wa ming a e expec ed o be coupled wi h d ying due o inc eased e apo- a ion (Roule and o he s 1992; Monie and o he s 2013; Helbig and o he s 2020). Wa ming and d y- ing a e ad an ageous o he ac i i y o mos decompose s, he eby inc easing he a es o min- e aliza ion ( o example, Dieleman and o he s 2016). In addi ion, he communi y composi ion esponds o en i onmen al changes: ascula plan s ha e an ad an age o e Sphagnum mosses in wa - me and d ie condi ions (Wel zin and o he s 2000; B eeuwe and o he s 2009; Dieleman and o he s 2015). The communi y esponse o ungi, ac i- nobac e ia, me hanogens, and MOB o wa ming and d ying appea s o depend on pea land e ili y (Jaa inen and o he s 2005; Pel oniemi and o he s 2009,2015,2016; U bano a ´and Ba ´ a 2016). Such communi y changes ha e been linked wi h al e - a ions in se e al ecosys em unc ions, such as de- c eased C accumula ion (Riu a and o he s 2007; B agazza and o he s 2016; Laine and o he s 2019b) and inc eased decomposi ion o o ganic ma e (S ako a ´and o he s 2012). In gene al, d ying appea s o ha e a s onge impac on pea land communi ies and unc ions han wa ming (Pel- oniemi and o he s 2016;Ma ¨ki an a and o he s 2018; Laine and o he s 2019a,2019b). Al hough he esponses o indi idual communi ies (plan s o mic obes) o en i onmen al changes ha e been s udied o some ex en , e y ew s udies ha e linked he concu en esponses o mul iple com- muni ies o ecosys em unc ions, such as CO 2 and CH 4 exchange (howe e , see Jassey and o he s 2013,2018; Rob oek and o he s 2015). No he n pea lands a e dynamic sys ems ha ypically ha e unde gone succession om ascula - domina ed o Sphagnum moss-domina ed sys ems du ing hei de elopmen ( o example, Baue and o he s 2003). Simila apid di ec ional change has been epo ed as a esponse o al e ed hyd ology as pa o clima e change (Gunna sson and o he s 2002; Tah anainen 2011). Concu en wi h he plan communi y, he mic obial communi ies also unde go successional change (Me ila ¨and o he s 2006; Pu kinen and o he s 2014). Pea land p ima y succession leads o changes in ecosys em unc ions, such as CO 2 and CH 4 exchange (Leppa ¨la ¨and o he s 2008,2011a,2011b). P ima y succession g adien s make i possible o assess how igh ly he di e en communi ies a e linked and o p edic changes in mic obial composi ion based on he change in plan communi y s uc u e. Pea land ch onosequences a land upli coas s (Glase and o he s 2004; Tui ila and o he s 2013; Ha is and o he s 2020; Laine and o he s 2021) o e excellen se ings o s udy how he communi y changes a e in e linked wi h ecosys em unc ions, as communi ies and unc ions can be s udied unde simila clima ic and wea he condi ions. The aim o his s udy was (1) o quan i y how successional pa e ns in di e en unc ional g oups (plan s, ungi, ac inobac e ia, me hanogens, MOB) a e in e linked, and (2) o link he change in communi ies wi h he change in ecosys em unc- ions (CO 2 p oduc ion po en ial, CH 4 p oduc ion H. Juo onen and o he s and oxida ion po en ial, ecosys em espi a ion, CH 4 emissions). We expec ed ha as b oad g oups o ae obic li e decompose s, ungi and ac inobac e ia succession would closely ollow ha o ege a ion because li e ype appea s o be a mo e impo an de e minan o ungal and ac inobac e ial com- muni ies in bo eal pea lands han hyd ology (Pel- oniemi and o he s 2009,2012). Me hanogens and MOB, on he o he hand, we e expec ed o ollow he posi ion o he wa e le el (WL), which con ols he ae a ion o he pea (U bano a ´and o he s 2011;Y ja ¨la ¨and o he s 2011), as well as he p e alence o sedges and Sphagnum mosses, which a e subs a e sou ces and habi a s o CH 4 -cycling mic obes, espec i ely (S o ¨m and o he s 2003; Pu kinen and o he s 2014). MATERIALS AND METHODS S udy Si es The s udy a ea is loca ed on he Finnish coas o he Gul o Bo hnia (6445¢N, 2442¢E), whe e new land is exposed om he sea due o pos -glacial isos a ic ising. On a 10-km ansec ha ex ends om he sho e inland, he si es comp ise se en nea na u al pea lands (SJ0–SJ6), wi h successional s ages ha anged om he onse o p ima y pea o ma ion o a bog s age, which is conside ed as he inal s age o succession (Table 1, Figu e S1). The ea ly s ages (SJ0–SJ2) ha e a a he la su ace, while in he la e s ages (SJ3–SJ6) he pea land su ace is pa e ned by mic o o ms (d y aised hummocks, in e media e lawns, we la ks wi h pea su ace a o below wa e le el (WL)). Typical mic o o ms we e lawns (Sphagnum co e ed) and la ks in SJ3 and SJ4, hummocks, lawns and la ks in SJ5, and sh ubby hummocks, hummocks, and lawns in SJ6. Field Measu emen s F om June o Sep embe 2007, CH 4 and CO 2 luxes (ecosys em espi a ion, RE) we e measu ed a weekly o biweekly in e als om 54 pe manen sample plo s (0.56 m 90.56 m) es ablished o co e he si e-speci ic a ia ion in ege a ion (Ta- bles 1and S1). Gas luxes we e measu ed wi h he s a ic chambe me hod (see supplemen a y ma e- ial o de ails). Wa e le el and pea empe a u e a 5, 10, and 20 cm dep hs we e measu ed close o each plo du ing he lux measu emen s. Plan species co e was in en o ied om he same plo s a he end o July 2007 (Table S1). Pe cen age co e o ascula and moss species was es ima ed isually using he scale 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 3–100%. Pea Sampling and Physicochemical Analyses In Augus 2007, we collec ed wo pa allel se s o soil co es (one o mic obiological and one o physicochemical analysis) wi h a box sample (8 989100 cm) o wi h a cylinde sample (4.5 cm diame e , 50 cm leng h) om each si e along he ansec . The co es we e aken wi hin 2 m o each gas lux sample plo om a eas wi h simila ege a ion o a oid dis u bance on he plo s. In addi ion o he si es wi h gas lux measu emen s (SJ0–SJ6), we ook ou co es om he sandy subme ged li o al zone (SJm1) nea SJ0 o ep e- sen he soil be o e he land was exposed. Table 1. Cha ac e is ics o Successional S ages Along he Pea land G adien Si e Successional s age Te es ial age (y) a Pea hickness (cm) a Typical ege a ion Numbe o sample plo s SJm1 Unde he sea le el 0 0 Ph agmi es 4 SJ0 Exposed sho e 70 0 G asses 6 SJ1 Epilobium mea- dow 100–180 £10 G asses, sedges, b own mosses 6 SJ2 Equise um mea- dow 150–200 £10 G asses, sedges, b own mosses 6 SJ3 Meso ophic en 500–700 50 Sedges, Sphagnum sp. 10 SJ4 Oligo ophic en 1070 ±70 75 Sedges, sh ubs, Sphagnum sp. 9 SJ5 Fen–bog ansi- ion 2520 ±50 180 Sedges, sh ubs, Sphagnum sp., S. uscum 8 SJ6 Bog 3000 170–230 Sh ubs, S. uscum 9 a The alues o e es ial age and pea hickness a e summa ized om Me ila ¨and o he s (2006) and Leppa ¨la ¨and o he s (2008). Mic obes and C Fluxes in Pea land Succession The sampling p ocedu e co e ed he a ia ion in mois u e and ege a ion ypical o each si e. The co es (n= 58), which eached dep hs o 30, 45, o 60 cm, we e cu a e en in e als (10, 15, o 20 cm) esul ing in h ee pea laye s: uppe mos , middle, and deepes laye (174 samples in o al). The leng h o he in e al depended on he pea dep h and WL: longe sec ions we e used o si es wi h deepe pea and WL. Va ying he in e al ( ha is, hickness o he h ee pea laye s) allowed us o co e he pea abo e, a ound and below WL a each si e despi e hei widely di e en pea dep hs (Table 1). Po ions o he samples we e used o measu ing pH (soil:wa e 1:5 / ) and o de e mine he po en ial a es o CO 2 and CH 4 p oduc ion and CH 4 oxida ion. The emainde o he samples we e ozen (-20 C) o molecula and phospholipid a y acid (PLFA) analyses. Pa - allel olume ic soil co es we e used o de e mine bulk densi y, o ganic ma e (OM; loss in weigh on igni ion, 500 C, 4 h), and o al C and ni ogen (N; LECO CHN-2000 analyze ). Resul s we e calcula ed by olume based on he bulk densi y o he olu- me ic sample slices (g dm -3 ). Po en ial CO 2 P oduc ion, CH 4 P oduc ion, and CH 4 Oxida ion Po en ial ac i i y measu emen s o he h ee pea laye s (uppe mos , middle, deepes ) we e ca ied ou in 120-ml lasks wi h 15 ml o pea (see sup- plemen a y ma e ial o u he de ails). The lasks o CH 4 p oduc ion con ained 30 ml o wa e and we e lushed wi h ni ogen. The lasks o CH 4 oxida ion ecei ed 100 llo CH 4 as subs a e. The lasks we e incuba ed a 15 C in he da k o 4 days (CH 4 p oduc ion) o 1–2 days (CO 2 p o- duc ion and CH 4 oxida ion). Gas concen a ions we e ollowed by gas ch oma og aphy as desc ibed in Pe kio ¨ma ¨ki and F i ze (2002; ae obic CO 2 p o- duc ion), Jaa inen and o he s (2005;CH 4 oxida- ion), and Me ila ¨and o he s (2006;CH 4 p oduc ion). P oduc ion o oxida ion a es we e calcula ed om he slope o he linea eg ession o gas concen a ion change o e ime. The a es a e gi en pe sample olume (mg o lgdm -3 h -1 ). Phospholipid Fa y Acid (PLFA) Analysis Fungal and bac e ial biomass was analyzed by quan i ying PLFAs om 1.5 o 4 g we weigh o pea o 4–6 g we weigh o mine al soil (F os ega ˚ d and o he s 1993; Jaa inen and o he s 2007). Rela- i e ungal abundance (F-PLFA) was quan i ied om he amoun o PLFA 18:2x6 (F os ega ˚ d and Ba ˚a ˚ h 1996; Kaise and o he s 2010). The sum o wel e PLFAs (i15:0, a15:0, 15:0, i16:0, 16:1x9, 16:1x7 , i17:0, a17:0, 17:0, cy17:0, 18:1x7 and cy19:0) was conside ed o ep esen bac e ial abundance (B-PLFA) (F os ega ˚ d and Ba ˚a ˚ h 1996). PLFAs 10Me17 and 10Me18 we e conside ed o ep esen ac inobac e ia (Ac -PLFA) (K oppens ed 1985). The quan i y o he PLFAs was de e mined in ela ion o he sample olume (lmol dm -3 )by calcula ing he esul s pe d y weigh (lmol g -1 ) and mul iplying wi h he sample-speci ic bulk densi y (g dm -3 ). Molecula Analyses o Mic obial G oups To al DNA was ex ac ed om he soil wi h a Powe Soil DNA ex ac ion ki (MoBio Labo a o ies, Inc., Ca lsbad, CA, USA). Fungi we e ampli ied wi h p ime s ITS1F and ITS2 o he in e nal ansc ibed space egion (Ga des and B uns 1993). Ac i- nobac e ial p ime s we e S-C-Ac -0235-a-S-20 and S-C-Ac -0878-a-A-19 o ac inobac e ial 16S ibo- somal RNA gene (S ach and o he s 2003). Type II me hano ophs ( II-MOB) we e de ec ed wi h p i- me s A189 and A621 (Holmes and o he s 1995; Tuomi i a and o he s 2009) o me hano oph- speci ic pmoA gene o pa icula e me hane monooxygenase. Me hanogens we e de ec ed wi h he p ime s o Lu on and o he s (2002) ha am- pli y me hanogen-speci ic mc A gene o me hyl- coenzyme M educ ase. Fungal, ac inobac e ial, and ype II MOB communi ies we e analyzed by dena u ing g adien gel elec opho esis (DGGE) and sequencing o DGGE bands. Me hanogens we e analyzed by e minal agmen leng h poly- mo phism (T-RFLP) and sequencing o clones. The de ails o PCR, DGGE, and T-RFLP a e desc ibed in he supplemen a y ma e ial. The DGGE banding pa e ns o ungi, ac inobac e ia, and II-MOB we e compiled in o p esence-absence ma ices. DGGE bands wi h di e gen mobili y we e conside ed as ope a ional axonomic uni s (OTUs). Fo me ha- nogens, T-RFs o di e en leng hs we e conside ed as OTUs and ela i e peak a eas we e used as el- a i e abundances. The OTUs ha appea ed a leas wice in a da ase we e included in he communi y composi ion da a. To de e mine axonomic a ilia- ions, we cons uc ed phylogene ic ees o DGGE band sequences ( ungi, ac inobac e ia, II-MOB) and clone sequences (me hanogens; see supple- men a y ma e ial o de ails). DNA sequences we e submi ed o he Eu opean Nucleo ide A chi e unde accession numbe s LN681001-LN681094 ( ungi), LN681095-LN681133 (ac inobac e ia), H. Juo onen and o he s LN681148-LN681172 ( II-MOB), and LR999478- LR999518 and HG993108-HG993123 (me hano- gens). S a is ical Analyses The e ec s o soil p ope ies on po en ial mic obial ac i i ies and biomass we e in es iga ed using gene alized addi i e mixed models (GAMMs) in package mgc wi h unc ion gamm (Wood 2006)in R ( . 3.1.1, R Co e Team 2014). No mal dis ibu- ion was assumed bu esponse a iables we e log- ans o med when needed o achie e no mali y. All sample plo s in SJ0–SJ6 we e included in he analyses (n= 54). Models we e es ima ed sepa- a ely o each soil laye . Because many o he a iables ha desc ibe soil p ope ies we e s ongly co ela ed (Table S2), only he mos impo an ( ha is, WL, OM, and pH) we e included in he models. Wa e le el, as he mean o he measu e- men s up o he sampling da e, was included in he model as a ca ego ical a iable wi h alues 0 ( he e ical middle poin o a sample below he mean WL) and 1 ( he e ical middle poin o a sample abo e he mean WL). We conside ed his an accep able es ima ion o he di e ences in he mois u e condi ions a a a he small spa ial scale (Figu e S2). O ganic ma e and pH we e smoo hed when he models we e es ima ed. In addi ion o hese ixed e ec a iables, si e was included as a andom ac o in he models. Response cu es we e d awn based on GAMMs using mean alues o he o he explana o y a iables a he han hose o in e es in he models. Global non-me ic mul idimensional scaling (GNMDS) was pe o med o he ege a ion and each mic obial g oup o in es iga e changes in hese communi ies along he successional g adien , using he egan package ( . 2.3-0, Oksanen and o he s 2015) in R. The B ay–Cu is dissimila i y measu e was used o ege a ion (co e da a), Raup–C ick o ungi, ac inobac e ia and II-MOB (bina y da a), and Gowe o me hanogens (nu- me ic da a). Sepa a e Me aMDS uns we e pe - o med 50 imes o ensu e he bes possible solu ion ( ha is, o a oid local op ima). The solu ion wi h he lowes s ess alue was chosen. En i onmen al a iables we e i ed using pe mu a ion es s. Spe- cies ha occu ed in a leas in i e samples we e d awn o species o dina ion igu es. The e ec o successional s age and pea laye on mic obial communi ies was es ed wi h pe mu a ional anal- ysis o a iance (PERMANOVA) (Ande son 2001) wi h he unc ion adonis2 in he egan package. P oc us es analysis wi h he unc ions p oc us es and p o es in he egan package based on he i s ou NMDS dimensions was used o compa e he successional pa e ns o di e en unc ional g oups (Pe es-Ne o and Jackson 2001; Lisboa and o he s 2014). The P oc us es analysis be ween ege a ion and mic obial g oups only included he uppe mos and middle laye s o ocus on he laye s in luenced by he su ace ege a ion. The analyses be ween mic obial g oups included all laye s. The dis ance measu es in PERMANOVA and P oc us es analysis we e he same as in GNMDS. Finally, we used he P oc us es esiduals o compa e he s eng h o co ela ion among mic obial g oups along he pea land succession (Lisboa and o he s 2014). Di - e ences be ween successional s ages we e de e - mined wi h analysis o a iance and Tukey’s pos hoc es s. RESULTS Vege a ion, Soil Chemical Va iables, Gas Fluxes and Mic obial Biomass Along he Pea land Succession Along he successional g adien , o al ege a ion co e inc eased om <20% in ecen ly exposed sho e SJ0 o nea ly 150% in bog SJ6 (Figu e 1a, Table S3). F om he en SJ3 onwa d, he inc easing ege a ion co e was due o he inc ease in sh ubs (Figu e 1b) and Sphagnum mosses (Figu e 1c). Sedge co e was highes in he en SJ3. O ganic ma e densi y ipled om meadow SJ2 o en SJ3, indica ing he s a o pea accumula ion (Fig- u e 1 ). Al hough OM, C, and N densi ies we e g ea es in he en si es SJ3 and SJ4, C:N inc eased h oughou he g adien (SJ0–SJ6) (Figu e 1g). Acidi y inc eased along he g adien om pH 6.1 in SJ0 o 4.2. in SJ6 (Figu e 1e). Wa e le el was lowes in he bog SJ6 (Figu e 1e). Ecosys em espi a ion peaked in en SJ3 (Fig- u e 1d). CH 4 emissions showed a he simila le els in si es SJ1–SJ5 and we e lowes a he end poin s o he g adien (Figu e 1d). The g ea es mic obial ac i i y po en ial, as indica ed by he a es o ae - obic CO 2 and anae obic CH 4 p oduc ion, was measu ed a he meadow si es, especially SJ2 (Figu e 1h). In con as , po en ial CH 4 oxida ion inc eased om SJ0 o SJ2 and hen emained a his ele a ed le el along he whole g adien . Fun- gal, bac e ial, and ac inobac e ial biomass peaked in he meadow si es and we e g ea es in SJ2. The a io o ungi o bac e ia (F:B) was g ea es in he oldes si es SJ5 and SJ6 (Figu e 1i). Mic obes and C Fluxes in Pea land Succession Wi hin-Si e Va ia ion in Rela ion o Mic o o m and Pea Laye To cap u e he p onounced e ical a ia ion and ho izon al pa e ning ypical o bo eal pea lands, ou sampling s a egy co e ed h ee pea laye s and he di e en mic o o ms in he s ages whe e mic o o ms we e p esen . The young meadow si es SJ0–SJ2 showed no ho izon al pa e ns o ege a- ion co e , C luxes, soil p ope ies, o mic obial a iables. These si es had a hin o ganic su ace laye ha co e ed he mine al soil (Table 1). Ve - ically, his laye showed he g ea es CO 2 and CH 4 p oduc ion and CH 4 oxida ion a es and mic obial biomass a hese si es (Table S4). In he olde si es SJ3–SJ6 wi h hicke pea laye and mic o o ms, he co e o Sphagnum mosses and sh ubs was g ea e in d ie mic o o ms (lawns in SJ3 and SJ4, hummocks in SJ5 and SJ6) (Table S5). Mic o o m- ela ed a ia ion in RE was low, whe eas CH 4 emissions we e gene ally g ea e in he mois e mic o o ms wi hin he si es SJ3–SJ6. Po en ial CO 2 p oduc ion in he olde si es did no a y wi h dep h o mic o o m. Po en ial CH 4 p oduc ion in SJ3–SJ6 was gene ally g ea e below WL and in he mois e mic o o ms (Tables S4–S6). CH 4 oxida ion a es we e gene ally g ea e below he uppe mos laye , especially in he d ie mic o o ms. Fungal Figu e 1. Va iables desc ibing pea land succession (SJ0–SJ6) wi h land upli om he sea (SJm1): a–cplan unc ional ype co e , decosys em espi a ion (RE) and me hane (CH 4 ) emissions, e–gwa e le el (WL) and soil p ope ies, h po en ial a es o ca bon dioxide (CO 2 ) (ae obic) and CH 4 p oduc ion and CH 4 oxida ion, and imic obial biomass: B-PLFA, bac e ial phospholipid a y acids (PLFAs); F-PLFA, ungal PLFAs; Ac -PLFA, ac inobac e ial PLFAs; F:B is he a io o ungal o bac e ial PLFAs. Values a e si e means including h ee pea laye s (SJm1 n= 12; SJ0–SJ2 n= 18; SJ3 n= 30; SJ4 n= 27: SJ5 n= 24; SJ6 n= 27). To i he scale, F:B and CH 4 emissions a e p esen ed 100 imes la ge , o ganic ma e (OM) and ni ogen (N) 10 imes la ge , and CO 2 p oduc ion 10 imes smalle han he ini ial alues. H. Juo onen and o he s biomass dec eased wi h dep h in SJ3–SJ6, whe eas bac e ial and ac inobac e ial biomass we e mainly g ea es in he middle laye (Table S6). Rela ionship o Mic obial Ac i i y Po en ials o Soil Va iables Based on Gene alized Addi i e Mixed Models (GAMMs) Po en ial CO 2 p oduc ion inc eased wi h inc easing OM densi y in all laye s (Figu e 2a–c). In he middle laye , CO 2 p oduc ion le eled a an OM densi y o abou 70 g dm -3 and g ea e (Fig- u e 2b). The deepes laye showed g ea e CO 2 p oduc ion when he laye was abo e he WL (Figu e 2c). Simila ly, po en ial CH 4 p oduc ion was a ec ed by he posi ion o he WL (Figu e 2d– ). In he su ace laye , CH 4 p oduc ion inc eased wi h highe pH (>5) bu only when he laye was below he WL (Figu e 2d). In he middle laye , none o he selec ed soil p ope ies explained he CH 4 p oduc ion a e, wi h he possible excep ion o WL (p= 0.059). In he deepes laye , only a weak link was obse ed be ween CH 4 p oduc ion and inc easing OM densi y, bu only i his laye was abo e he WL (Figu e 2 ). The esponse o po en ial CH 4 oxida ion depended on he pea laye . In he su ace laye , CH 4 oxida ion inc eased wi h inc easing OM densi y, especially unde he WL and a pH 5 (Figu e 2g). In he middle laye , CH 4 Figu e 2. E ec s o wa e le el (WL), o ganic ma e (OM) densi y, and pH on he mic obial ac i i y po en ials (ae obic CO 2 p oduc ion, CH 4 p oduc ion, and oxida ion) o h ee pea laye s. Si es SJ0–SJ6 we e included in he model o each laye (n= 54). Response cu es we e d awn based on gene alized addi i e mixed models (GAMMs) so ha explana o y a iables o he han he p esen ed a iable we e e ained as hei mean alue. The e ec s o OM and pH a e p esen ed only when p<0.05. All e ec s o he WL ca ego ies (abo e, below) a e shown (p alues in bold when p<0.05). Emp y sub igu e e had no signi ican soil p ope ies. In igu es d–i: black deno es OM densi y; g ay deno es pH. No e he di e en axis scales. R 2adj. = adjus ed R 2 alue o he model. Mic obes and C Fluxes in Pea land Succession oxida ion a ied s ongly wi h OM densi y and peaked a an OM densi y o abou 50 g dm -3 (Figu e 2h). In he deepes laye , CH 4 oxida ion was accen ua ed, especially abo e he WL, by inc easing acidi y and OM (Figu e 2i). Plan and Mic obial Communi ies Along he Pea land G adien Vege a ion o med a clea g adien om SJ0 o SJ6 (Figu e 3); om g ass- o sedge-domina ed com- muni ies, and inally o Sphagnum-domina ed eg- e a ion (including dwa sh ubs). Bulk densi y, pH, C:N, and he co e o Sphagnum and sh ubs showed he g ea es co ela ion ( ‡0.74) wi h plan com- muni y change (Table S7). O e all mic obial com- muni y s uc u e based on PLFAs showed a simila , hough less di e en ia ed, successional g adien and sepa a ed he young meadows (SJ1, SJ2), mid- successional ens (SJ3, SJ4), and he oldes bog si es (SJ5, SJ6) om each o he (Figu e 4). A he le el o mic obial unc ional g oups, successional s age explained a la ge p opo ion o communi y a i- a ion han pea laye o all he g oups (Table 2). The communi y s uc u e o ungi, ac inobac e ia, and me hanogens showed a common pa e n whe e he la e s ages (SJ5, SJ6) we e sepa a ed om he o he s ages, and he ea ly (SJ0–SJ2) and mid-successional (SJ3, SJ4) s ages we e g ouped oge he (Figu e 5a–i, Figu e S3). Me hano ophs we e no de ec ed in he younges si es (SJ0, SJ1). The II-MOB communi y in he oldes si es (SJ5, SJ6) was sepa a ed om he younge si es, bu II- MOB also di e ed mo e clea ly wi h pea laye han he o he g oups (Figu e 5j–l). Changes in he ungal, ac inobac e ial, and II-MOB communi ies co ela ed bes wi h C:N, pH and he co e o Sphagnum and sh ubs, and he me hanogen com- muni ies wi h C, N, and OM densi y and Sphagnum co e (Table S8). We used P oc us es analysis, which supe imposes wo o dina ions, o compa e he successional pa e ns o ege a ion and mic o- bial unc ional g oups. Fungal communi y showed he g ea es co ela ion wi h ege a ion composi- ion, and ac inobac e ia he lowes (Table 2). When compa ing he successional pa e ns o he di e en unc ional g oups, he s onges co ela ions we e seen be ween ac inobac e ia and ungi, and be- ween ac inobac e ia and me hanogens, and lowes be ween me hanogens and II-MOB (Table 2). P oc us es esiduals showed a ai ly uni o m co - ela ion o ac inobac e ia s. ungi and me hano- gens s. II-MOB along he g adien (Figu e 6). P oc us es esiduals o ac inobac e ia and ungi wi h CH 4 -cycling mic obes inc eased owa d he bog si es, pa icula ly he oldes si e SJ6, indica ing dec easing co ela ion o communi y pa e ns. Phylogene ic A ilia ion o he Mic obial G oups The majo i y o ungal sequences clus e ed wi h Ascomyco a and Pezizomyco ina, including gene a Penicillium (SJ0), A iculospo a (SJ0, SJ1, SJ4), Figu e 3. Global non-me ic mul idimensional scaling (GNMDS) o dina ion o a ege a ion in si es SJ0–SJ6, and bplan species sco es. 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