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Methane production from acetate and associated methane fluxes from anoxic coastal sediments

Journal Article · · Sciences (N.Y.); (United States)
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  1. Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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.
OSTI ID:
6691206
Journal Information:
Sciences (N.Y.); (United States), Journal Name: Sciences (N.Y.); (United States) Vol. 211; ISSN SCNCA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English