Thermokarst lakes are potentially important sources of methane (CH 4 ) and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ). However, considerable uncertainty exists regarding carbon emissions from thermokarst lakes owing to a limited understanding of their patterns and motivators. In this study, we measured CH 4 and CO 2 diffusive fluxes in 163 thermokarst lakes in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP) over 3 years from May to October. The median carbon emi...

Koi herpesvirus (KHV) is an emerging pathogen of koi and common carp that causes a severe disease and mass mortality of infected fish. The KHV ORF72 protein is an important capsid protein that has been suggested to be a candidate for the development of diagnostic reagents and KHV vaccines. The purpose of this study was to clone and express the KHV ORF72 gene for further preparation of a specific monoclonal antibody (mAb) and t...

Rising air temperatures are believed to be hastening heterotrophic respiration (R h ) in arctic tundra ecosystems, which could lead to substantial losses of soil carbon (C). In order to improve confidence in predicting the likelihood of such loss, the comprehensive ecosystem model ecosys was first tested with carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) fluxes measured over a tundra soil in a growth chamber under various temperatures and soil‐water...