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Role of Methane Cycling in Organic Matter Turnover in Different Types of Lakes

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The rates of microbiological processes in CH4 cycling and organic matter destruction in the bottom sediment and water of different types of lakes in the Upper Volga basin and Baltic countries are determined. The rates of CH4 removal from silts and the peculiarities of its distribution in water mass as a function of the lake productivity and the character of water mixing in it are studied. The role of processes in CH4 cycling in destruction is shown to increase with increasing lake productivity.

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Dzyuban, A.N. Role of Methane Cycling in Organic Matter Turnover in Different Types of Lakes. Water Resources 30, 413–421 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024972113710

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