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Floodplain Sediment Microbiology and Metal Cycling

investigates how microorganisms in floodplain sediments influence the cycling and bioavailability of metals like iron and lead, which is crucial for understanding contamination and ecosystem health in mountain watersheds.

Dataset: 8Author: 7Publication: 6Concept: 2Protocol: 1
sediment microbiologymetal biogeochemistryfloodplain dynamicsiron speciationhorizontal gene transfer

Concept (2) →

iron speciation

The cycling of iron between different chemical forms including soluble ferrous iron (Fe(II)) and ferric iron (Fe(III)) based on oxygen availability

processbiogeochemistry4 papers

horizontal gene transfer

Transfer of genetic material between organisms through mechanisms other than vertical inheritance

processmolecular1 paper

Protocol (1) →

Sediment Core Sampling

Sediment samples collected in 15-cm increments using 5 cm diameter soil core sampler with slide hammer, then 8.3 cm diameter bucket auger after reachi...

sampling10 papers

Author (7) →

Kristin Boye

Stanford Linear Accelerator Center - National Accelerator La...ORCID: 000000032087607X19 works

John R. Bargar

Stanford Linear Accelerator Center - National Accelerator La...ORCID: 000000019303490114 works

Craig R. Anderson

University of Massachusetts - Amherst10 works

Anna N. Rasmussen

Stanford Linear Accelerator Center - National Accelerator La...ORCID: 0000-0002-0031-283510 works

Christopher Francis

Stanford UniversityORCID: 000000017557631X7 works

Bradley Tolar

Stanford UniversityORCID: 00000003049314705 works

Megan L. Porter

3 works

Publication (6) →

Mountainous floodplain connectivity in response to hydrological transitions

2024Water Resources Researcharticle

Borgs are giant genetic elements with potential to expand metabolic capacity

2022Naturearticle

Porewater Lead Concentrations Limited by Particulate Organic Matter Coupled With Ephemeral Iron(III) and Sulfide Phases during Redox Cycles Within Contaminated Floodplain Soils

2021Environmental Science & Technologyarticle

Structure and composition of natural ferrihydrite nano-colloids in anoxic groundwater

2023Water Researcharticle

Diverse and unconventional methanogens, methanotrophs, and methylotrophs in metagenome-assembled genomes from subsurface sediments of the Slate River floodplain, Crested Butte, CO, USA

2024mSystemsarticle

Diversity of rock varnish bacterial communities from Black Canyon, New Mexico

2010Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciencesarticle

Dataset (8) →

Metagenome-assembled genomes from East River floodplain sediments near Crested Butte, CO, USA (June to September 2017)

Microorganisms play a key role in cycling nutrients and contaminants in the terrestrial environment depending on their genetic potential. Here, we pre...

ess_dive2025

Metagenome-assembled genomes from East River floodplain sediments near Crested Butte, CO, USA (June to September 2019)

Microorganisms play a key role in cycling nutrients and contaminants in the terrestrial environment depending on their genetic potential. Here, we pre...

ess_dive2025

Metagenome-assembled genomes from East River floodplain sediments near Crested Butte, CO, USA (May to September 2018)

Microorganisms play a key role in cycling nutrients and contaminants in the terrestrial environment depending on their genetic potential. Here, we pre...

ess_dive2025

Metagenome-assembled genomes from Slate River floodplain sediments near Crested Butte, CO, USA (June 2018)

Microorganisms play a key role in cycling nutrients and contaminants in the terrestrial environment depending on their genetic potential. Here, we pre...

ess_dive2025

Metagenome-assembled genomes from Slate River floodplain sediments near Crested Butte, CO, USA (September 2019)

Microorganisms play a key role in cycling nutrients and contaminants in the terrestrial environment depending on their genetic potential. Here we pres...

ess_dive2025

Meteorological, reference evapotranspiration and estimated transpiration data, July 2020-Dec 2021, Slate River Floodplain, Crested Butte, Colorado

This data package includes a time series of meteorological data (air temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure, precipitation, wind speed, s...

other2023

Soil water content, matric potential, carbon dioxide and oxygen concentrations, Oct 2018-Dec 2021, Slate River Floodplain, Crested Butte, Colorado

This data package includes a time series of soil sensor data (temperature, water content, bulk electrical conductivity, porewater dissolved oxygen and...

other2023

Borgs are giant extrachromosomal elements with the potential to augment methane oxidation

Software for the correlation analysis featured in the above manuscript.

other2021