Anaerobic oxidation of methane in grassland soils used for cattle husbandry

Bannert, A.; Bogen, C.; Esperschütz, J.; Koubová, Anna; Buegger, F.; Fischer, D.; Radl, V.; Fuss, R.; Chroňáková, Alica; Elhottová, Dana; Šimek, Miloslav; Schloter, M.

doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-3891-2012

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Anaerobic oxidation of methane in grassland soils used for cattle husbandry

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SYSNO ASEP	0381644
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	Anaerobic oxidation of methane in grassland soils used for cattle husbandry
Author(s)	Bannert, A. (DE) Bogen, C. (DE) Esperschütz, J. (DE) Koubová, Anna (BC-A)_{ORCID, RID} Buegger, F. (DE) Fischer, D. (DE) Radl, V. (DE) Fuss, R. (DE) Chroňáková, Alica (BC-A)_{RID, ORCID} Elhottová, Dana (BC-A)_{RID, ORCID} Šimek, Miloslav (BC-A)_{RID, ORCID} Schloter, M. (DE)
Source Title	Biogeosciences. - : Copernicus - ISSN 1726-4170 Roč. 9, č. 10 (2012), s. 3891-3899
Number of pages	9 s.
Language	eng - English
Country	DE - Germany
Keywords	anaerobic oxidation of methane ; grassland soils ; cattle husbandry
Subject RIV	EH - Ecology, Behaviour
R&D Projects	GA526/09/1570 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
Institutional support	BC-A - RVO:60077344
UT WOS	000310471800012
DOI	10.5194/bg-9-3891-2012
Annotation	While the importance of anaerobic methane oxidation has been reported for marine ecosystems, the role of this process in soils is still questionable. Grasslands used as pastures for cattle overwintering show an increase in anaerobic soil micro-sites caused by animal treading and excrement deposition. Therefore, anaerobic potential methane oxidation activity of severely impacted soil from a cattle winter pasture was investigated in an incubation experiment under anaerobic conditions using ¹³C-labelled methane. We were able to detect a high microbial activity utilizing CH₄ as nutrient source shown by the respiration of ¹³CO₂. Measurements of possible terminal electron acceptors for anaerobic oxidation of methane were carried out. Soil sulfate concentrations were too low to explain the oxidation of the amount of methane added, but enough nitrate and iron(III) were detected. However, only nitrate was consumed during the experiment.
Workplace	Biology Centre (since 2006)
Contact	Dana Hypšová, eje@eje.cz, Tel.: 387 775 214
Year of Publishing	2013

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