Rapid Sediment Accumulation Results in High Methane Effluxes from Coastal Sediments.

Globally, the methane (CH4) efflux from the ocean to the atmosphere is small, despite high rates of CH4 production in continental shelf and slope environments. This low efflux results from the biological removal of CH4 through anaerobic oxidation with sulfate in marine sediments. In some settings, h...

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Main Authors: Matthias Egger, Wytze Lenstra, Dirk Jong, Filip J R Meysman, Célia J Sapart, Carina van der Veen, Thomas Röckmann, Santiago Gonzalez, Caroline P Slomp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4999275?pdf=render