Factors regulating community composition of methanogens and sulfate-reducing bacteria in brackish marsh sediments in the Min River estuary, southeastern China

Agriculture & Biology

• brackish marshes 100%
• sulfate-reducing bacteria 81%
• methanogens 74%
• estuaries 63%
• sediments 56%
• rivers 48%
• China 39%
• vegetation types 17%
• methane production 16%
• Desulfobacterales 16%
• marshes 16%
• Desulfosarcina 15%
• Cyperus malaccensis 15%
• Desulfobacterium 14%
• Methanomicrobiales 12%
• Spartina alterniflora 10%
• environmental factors 9%
• Phragmites australis 9%
• correspondence analysis 8%
• soil depth 8%
• Archaea 8%
• electrical conductivity 7%
• wetlands 7%
• methane 7%
• ecosystems 5%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• sulfate-reducing bacterium 68%
• marsh 59%
• community composition 56%
• estuary 47%
• river 30%
• sediment 29%
• vegetation type 15%
• methane 11%
• wetlands ecosystem 9%
• correspondence analysis 8%
• soil depth 7%
• vertical distribution 7%
• environmental factor 6%
• conductivity 6%
• environmental conditions 6%
• effect 3%
• analysis 2%