Spatial variability in biodegradation rates as evidenced by methane production from an aquifer.

Abstract:

:Accurate predictions of carbon and energy cycling rates in the environment depend on sampling frequencies and on the spatial variability associated with biological activities. We examined the variability associated with anaerobic biodegradation rates at two sites in an alluvial sand aquifer polluted by municipal landfill leachate. In situ rates of methane production were measured for almost a year, using anaerobic wells installed at two sites. Methane production ranged from 0 to 560 mumol . m . day at one site (A), while a range of 0 to 120,000 mumol . m . day was measured at site B. The mean and standard deviations associated with methane production at site A were 17 and 57 mumol . m . day, respectively. The comparable summary statistics for site B were 2,000 and 9,900 mumol . m . day. The coefficients of variation at sites A and B were 340 and 490%, respectively. Despite these differences, the two sites had similar seasonal trends, with the maximal rate of methane production occurring in summer. However, the relative variability associated with the seasonal rates changed very little. Our results suggest that (i) two spatially distinct sites exist in the aquifer, (ii) methanogenesis is a highly variable process, (iii) the coefficient of variation varied little with the rate of methane production, and (iv) in situ anaerobic biodegradation rates are lognormally distributed.

journal_name

Appl Environ Microbiol

authors

Adrian NR,Robinson JA,Suflita JM

doi

10.1128/AEM.60.10.3632-3639.1994

keywords:

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1994-10-01 00:00:00

pages

3632-9

issue

10

eissn

0099-2240

issn

1098-5336

journal_volume

60

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