期刊
FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
卷 9, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2021.791305
关键词
methane; streams; isotopes; methanogens; methane oxidation; emissions
资金
- Plum Island Ecosystems LTER NSF [OCE-1637630]
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration Interdisciplinary Science award [NNX17AK10G]
- University of New Hampshire College of Life Sciences and Agriculture's Paine Fund
- New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station
- USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture [NH00659, NH00667]
Inland waters, especially small streams, play a significant role in methane emissions to the atmosphere. This study investigates the emission pathways, microbial production and oxidation, and isotopic signature of methane in four lowland headwater streams. The findings suggest that diffusive emissions account for the majority of methane emissions in these streams, and methane oxidation is prevalent, depleting half of the dissolved methane pool. The study proposes a conceptual model of methane production, oxidation, and emission in small streams, highlighting their unique characteristics compared to other aquatic ecosystems.
Inland waters are the largest natural source of methane (CH4) to the atmosphere, yet the contribution from small streams to this flux is not clearly defined. To fully understand CH4 emissions from streams and rivers, we must consider the relative importance of CH4 emission pathways, the prominence of microbially-mediated production and oxidation of CH4, and the isotopic signature of emitted CH4. Here, we construct a complete CH4 emission budgets for four lowland headwater streams by quantifying diffusive CH4 emissions and comparing them to previously published rates of ebullitive emissions. We also examine the isotopic composition of CH4 along with the sediment microbial community to investigate production and oxidation across the streams. We find that all four streams are supersaturated with respect to CH4 with diffusive emissions accounting for approximately 78-100% of total CH4 emissions. Isotopic and microbial data suggest CH4 oxidation is prevalent across the streams, depleting approximately half of the dissolved CH4 pool before emission. We propose a conceptual model of CH4 production, oxidation, and emission from small streams, where the dominance of diffusive emissions is greater compared to other aquatic ecosystems, and the impact of CH4 oxidation is observable in the emitted isotopic values. As a result, we suggest the CH4 emitted from small streams is isotopically heavy compared to lentic ecosystems. Our results further demonstrate streams are important components of the global CH4 cycle yet may be characterized by a unique pattern of cycling and emission that differentiate them from other aquatic ecosystems.
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