Contribution of Vertical Methane Flux to Shallow Sediment Carbon Pools Across Porangahau Ridge, New Zealand
The majority of coastal sediment carbon cycling studies have focused on contributions from autochthonous photosynthetic marine and allocthonous terrigenous inputs. However, hydrocarbons produced within deep sediment through thermochemical and microbiological conversions can significantly contribute to cycling of carbon, especially in shallower sediments and water column. Stable carbon isotope ratios indicative of petroleum and methane (CH4) origins are found in bacterioplankton biomarkers. In a related study in… Read more »