Methane Production from Acetate and Associated Methane Fluxes from Anoxic Coastal Sediments
- 13 February 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 211 (4483), 707-709
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.211.4483.707
Abstract
The apparent microbial conversion of acetate to methane ranges seasonally from 0.7 to 88 micromoles per liter of whole wet sediment per hour in the top 5 centimeters of methane-producing sediments underlying sulfate-reducing sediments in Cape Lookout Bight, North Carolina. The associated methane flux across the sediment-water interface into overlying waters exhibits the same seasonal pattern. Significant methane production from acetate is observed only in sulfate-depleted sediments.This publication has 17 references indexed in Scilit:
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