High rates of anaerobic methane oxidation in freshwater wetlands reduce potential atmospheric methane emissions

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Segarra, K E A ^a,c   Schubotz, F ^b   Samarkin, V ^a   Yoshinaga, M Y ^b   Hinrichs, K U ^b   Joye, S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; FRESH WATER; ISOTOPE; METHANE; SULFATE; SULFUR; AIR POLLUTANT; CARBON;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ARBOREAL SPECIES; BIOMARKER; CARBON SINK; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIDATION; SULFATE; WETLAND;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; CARBON CYCLING; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRON; LIPID ANALYSIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WETLAND; AIR POLLUTANT; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; CHEMISTRY; FLORIDA; GEORGIA; MAINE; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANAEROBIOSIS; CARBON ISOTOPES; FLORIDA; FRESH WATER; GEORGIA; MAINE; METHANE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; WETLANDS;

EID: 84934784045     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8477     Document Type: Article

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