Emergent Macrophytes Alter the Sediment Composition in a Small, Shallow Subtropical Lake: Implications for Methane Emission
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Author(s)
Claudio Cardoso Marinho1, Cleber Palma-Silva2, Edélti Faria Albertoni2, Iara Bueno Giacomini2, Marcos Paulo Figueiredo Barros3, Leonardo Marques Furlanetto2, Francisco de Assis Esteves3
Affiliation(s)
1Laboratório de Limnologia, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
2Laboratório de Limnologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande—FURG, Rio Grande, Brasil.
3NUPEM—Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Macaé, Brasil.
2Laboratório de Limnologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande—FURG, Rio Grande, Brasil.
3NUPEM—Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Macaé, Brasil.
ABSTRACT
Aquatic
macrophytes in shallow lakes emit high levels of methane. We
hypothesize that the presence of emergent aquatic macrophytes in an
artificial shallow lake promotes important input of autochthonous
organic matter (OM) in sediment and higher levels of methane emission
via bubbles. Samplings were performed at three sites in a small, shallow
subtropical lake: (1) one station in the limnetic region and (2) - (3)
two stations in the littoral region ((2) inside and (3) outside aquatic
macrophyte stands). A higher concentration of OM was observed at the
macrophyte station, and within this site, a higher methane concentration
was observed in the sediment. These results could explain the methane
ebullition values at macrophyte sites. At the macrophyte station,
methane emission via bubbles contributed 17% to 56% of the total methane
emission; however, at the other stations, its contribution via bubbles,
was lower than 1%. This research confirmed the importance of emergent
macrophytes at Polegar Lake as a source of OM in sediment and methane
emission via bubbles. Further, we could confirm the positive effects of
temperature on methane emission, mainly by bubbles.
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