Microbial methane consumption reactions and their effect on methane distributions in freshwater and marine environments1

作者：William S. Reeburgh, David T. Heggie · 发表于：Limnology and Oceanography · 年份：1977 · DOI：10.4319/lo.1977.22.1.0001 · 被引用次数：284 · 研究领域：Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena、Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics、Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis

A survey of reported methane distributions in sediments and the adjacent overlying water shows distinct differences between freshwater and marine environments. These differences may be explained by the activities of sulfate‐reducing bacteria and appear to be the result of differences in sulfate concentration between freshwater and marine environments.