Iron-mediated anaerobic oxidation of methane in brackish coastal sediments

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 277-283

  Egger, Matthias ^a   Rasigraf, Olivia ^b   Sapart, Célia J ^c,d   Jilbert, Tom ^a   Jetten, Mike S M ^b   Röckmann, Thomas ^c   Van Der Veen, Carina ^c   Bânda, Narcisa ^c   Kartal, Boran ^b,e   Ettwig, Katharina F ^b   Slomp, Caroline P ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; COASTAL ZONES; EUTROPHICATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; IRON; METHANE; OXIDATION; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ANAEROBIC OXIDATION OF METHANES; ANTHROPOGENIC EUTROPHICATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL CONVERSION; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; GEOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES;

IRON OXIDES;

IRON; METHANE; FERRIC ION; FERRIC OXIDE; OXIDE; SULFATE; WATER;

ABUNDANCE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BRACKISH WATER; COASTAL SEDIMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; IRON; MARINE SEDIMENT; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIDATION; TRANSITION ZONE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; BLACK SEA; CARBON CYCLE; COASTAL WATERS; DIAGENESIS; EUTROPHICATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT; STEADY STATE; STOICHIOMETRY; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SALINITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BOTHNIAN SEA; GULF OF BOTHNIA;

CARBON CYCLE; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IRON; METHANE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDES; SALINITY; SULFATES; WATER;

EID: 84924988124     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es503663z     Document Type: Article

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