ArticleEnvironmental science & technology2023
Gene-Based Modeling of Methane Oxidation in Coastal Sediments: Constraints on the Efficiency of the Microbial Methane Filter.
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- Potential for Manganese Oxide Driven Anaerobic Methane Oxidation in Sediments of a Seasonally Euxinic Coastal Basin.Estuaries and coasts : journal of the Estuarine Research Federation · 2026Article
- A ubiquitous and diverse methanogenic community drives microbial methane cycling in eutrophic coastal sediments.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2025Article
- Physiological Stress Response to Sulfide Exposure of Freshwater Anaerobic Methanotrophic Archaea.Environmental science & technology · 2025Article
- The interplay of carbon and nitrogen cycling driven by watershed microorganisms.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Review
- Sulfide Toxicity as Key Control on Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane in Eutrophic Coastal Sediments.Environmental science & technology · 2024Article
- Eutrophication and Deoxygenation Drive High Methane Emissions from a Brackish Coastal System.Environmental science & technology · 2024Article
- Seasonal dynamics of the microbial methane filter in the water column of a eutrophic coastal basin.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas that is produced in large quantities in marine sediments. Microbially mediated oxidation of methane in sediments, when in balance with methane production, prevents the release of methane to the overlying water. Here, we present a gene-based reactive transport model that includes both microbial and geochemical dynamics and use it to investigate whether the rate of growth of methane oxidizers in sediments impacts the efficiency of the microbial methane filter. We focus on iron- and methane-rich coastal sediments and, with the model, show that at our site, up to 10% of all methane removed is oxidized by iron and manganese oxides, with the remainder accounted for by oxygen and sulfate. We demonstrate that the slow growth rate of anaerobic methane-oxidizing microbes limits their ability to respond to transient perturbations, resulting in periodic benthic release of methane. Eutrophication and deoxygenation decrease the efficiency of the microbial methane filter further, thereby enhancing the role of coastal environments as a source of methane to the atmosphere.
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