Carbon and electron flow in mud and sandflat intertidal sediments at delaware inlet, nelson, new zealand - PubMed (original) (raw)
Carbon and electron flow in mud and sandflat intertidal sediments at delaware inlet, nelson, new zealand
D O Mountfort et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1980 Apr.
Abstract
An investigation of carbon and electron flow in mud and sandflat intertidal sediments showed that the terminal electron acceptor was principally sulfate and that the carbon flow was mainly to CO(2). Studies with thin layers of sediment exposed to H(2) showed that methane production accounted for virtually none of the H(2) utilized, whereas sulfate reduction accounted for a major proportion of the gas uptake. At all sampling sites except one (site B7), rates of methanogenesis were low but sulfate concentrations in the interstitial water were high (>18 mM). At site B7, the sulfate concentrations declined with depth from 32 mM at 2 cm to <1 mM at 10 cm or below, and active methanogenesis occurred in the low-sulfate zone. Sulfate-reducing activity at this site initially decreased and then increased with depth so that elevated rates occurred in both the active and nonactive methanogenic zones. The respiratory index (RI) [RI = CO(2)/(CO(2) + CH(4))] for [2-C]acetate catabolism at site B7 ranged from 0.98 to 0.2 in the depth range of 2 to 14 cm. Addition of sulfate to sediment from the low-sulfate zone resulted in an increase in RI and a decrease in methanogenesis. At all other sites examined, RI ranged from 0.97 to 0.99 and was constant with depth. The results suggested that although methanogenesis was inhibited by sulfate (presumably through the activity of sulfate-reducing bacteria), it was not always limited by sulfate reduction.
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