Stable carbon isotope discrimination and microbiology of methane formation in tropical anoxic lake sediments

Methane is an important end product of degradation of organic matter in anoxic lake sediments. Methane is mainly produced by either reduction of CO<sub>2</sub> or cleavage of acetate involving different methanogenic archaea. The contribution of the different methanogenic...

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Main Authors: R. Conrad, M. Noll, P. Claus, M. Klose, W. R. Bastos, A. Enrich-Prast
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2011-03-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:http://www.biogeosciences.net/8/795/2011/bg-8-795-2011.pdf