Samarkin et al.: Studies of Methane Production and Emission
341
Acknowledgements
The research work was partly supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Researches
(Grant 95-04-l2526a) and by the German Ministry of Education, Science, Research and
Technology (Project 03PL014B). We thank Dr. H.-M. Nitzsche, Institute of Geology and
Geophysics, University of Leipzig, for isotopic analysis of the gas samples, Dr. B. Hagedorn,
Alfred-Wegener-Institute Potsdam for cation analysis of soil pore water and Dr. R. Uerkvitz,
University of Hamburg for support in statistics.
References
Bartlett, K.B., P.M. Cril., R.L. Sass, R.C. Harriss and N.B. Dise (1992) Methane emissions from tundra
environments in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska.- Journal Geophys. Research, 97, 16.645-16.660.
Botch, M.S., K.I. Kobak, T.S. Vinson and T.P. Kolchugina (1995) Carbon pools and accumulation in
peatlands of the former Soviet Union.- Global Biogeochemical Cycles 9 (1),37-46.
Funk, D.W., E.R. Pullman, K.M. Peterson, P.M. Crill and W.D. Billings, W.D. (1994) Influence of water
table on carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and methane fluxes from taiga bog microcosms.- Global
Biogeochemical Cycles 8, 271-278.
Gerard, G. and J. Chanton. (1993) Quantification of methane oxydation in the rhizosphere of emergent aquatic
macrophites: Defining upper limits.- Biogeochemistry, 23, 79-97.
Gundelwein, A (1998) Composition and decomposition of organic matter in permafrost affected soils of North
Siberia (in German). Dissertation Hamburg, Hamburger Bodenkundliche Arbeiten 39, 160p.
Harriss, R., K. Bartlett., S. Frolking. and P. Crill. (1993) Methane Emissions from Northern High-Latitude
Wetlands.- In: Biogeochemistry of global change: radiatively active trace gases, Oremland, R.S. (ed.),
Chapman and Hall, New York, 449-485.
Inoue, G., S. Maksyutov. and N. Panikov (1995) CO 2 and CH 4 -emission from wetlands in west Siberia.Proceedings of the Second Symposium on the Joint Siberian Permafrost Studies between Japan and Russia in
1993, Tsukuba/Japan, 37-43.
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the scientific assessment working group of !PCC, WMO/UNEP, University Press, Cambridge.
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by anaerobic bacteria at low temperature.- Chemosphere 27 (9), 1745- 1761.
Kuivila, M., J.W. Murray, A.H. Devol. and P.C. Novelli (1989) Methane production, sulfate reduction, and
competition for substrates in the sediments of Lake Washington.- Geochim.Cosmochim.Acta 53, 25972599.
Lansdown, J.M., P.D. Quay. and S.L. King (1992) CH 4 -production via CO 2 -reduction in a temperate bog: A
source of l3C-depleted CH 4 .- Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 56,3493-3503.
McAulife C. (1971) GC determination of solutes by multiple phase equi1ibration.- Chem.Tech. I, 46-51.
Moore, T.R. and M. Dalva, M. (1993): The influence of temperature and water table position on carbon dioxide
and methane emissions from laboratory columns of peatland soils.- Journal of Soil Science, 44, 651-664.
Moore, T.R. and R. Knowles. (1989) The influence of water levels on methane and carbon dioxide emissions
from peatland soils.- Canadian Journal of Soil Science 69, 33-38.
Moore, T.R. and N.T. Roulet (1993) Methane Flux: water table relations in northern wetlands.-Geophysical
Research Letter 20 (7), 587-590.
Morrisey, L.A. and G.P. Livingstone (1992) Methane emission from Arctic tundra: An assessment of local
spatial variability.- J. Geophys. Res. 97, 16.661-16.670.
Nakayama, T. (l995a) Estimation of Methane Emission from Natural Wetlands in Siberian
Permafrost Area.- Dissertation Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University.
Nakayama, T. (1995b): Estimation of methane emission from Siberian tundra wetlands. Proceedings of the Third
Symposium on the Joint Siberian Permafrost Studies between Japan and Russia in 1994, i-word, Sapporo,
31-36.
Pfeiffer, E.-M., A. Gundelwein, T. Nathen, H. Becker and G. Guggenberger (1996) Characterization of the
Organic Matter in Permafrost Soils and Sediments of theTaymyr Peninsula/Siberia and Severnaya
Zemlya/Arctic Region.- Bereichte zur Polarforschung 211, 46-83.
Reeburgh, W.S. (1983) Rates of biogeochemical processes in anoxic sediments. Am.Rev. Earth.Planet.Sci. II,
269-298.
Rivkina, Y.E., V.A. Samarkin. and D.A. Gilichinsky (1993) Methane and permafrost soil of the KolymaIndigirka lowland. Eurasian Soil Science 25, 50-53.
341
Acknowledgements
The research work was partly supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Researches
(Grant 95-04-l2526a) and by the German Ministry of Education, Science, Research and
Technology (Project 03PL014B). We thank Dr. H.-M. Nitzsche, Institute of Geology and
Geophysics, University of Leipzig, for isotopic analysis of the gas samples, Dr. B. Hagedorn,
Alfred-Wegener-Institute Potsdam for cation analysis of soil pore water and Dr. R. Uerkvitz,
University of Hamburg for support in statistics.
References
Bartlett, K.B., P.M. Cril., R.L. Sass, R.C. Harriss and N.B. Dise (1992) Methane emissions from tundra
environments in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska.- Journal Geophys. Research, 97, 16.645-16.660.
Botch, M.S., K.I. Kobak, T.S. Vinson and T.P. Kolchugina (1995) Carbon pools and accumulation in
peatlands of the former Soviet Union.- Global Biogeochemical Cycles 9 (1),37-46.
Funk, D.W., E.R. Pullman, K.M. Peterson, P.M. Crill and W.D. Billings, W.D. (1994) Influence of water
table on carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and methane fluxes from taiga bog microcosms.- Global
Biogeochemical Cycles 8, 271-278.
Gerard, G. and J. Chanton. (1993) Quantification of methane oxydation in the rhizosphere of emergent aquatic
macrophites: Defining upper limits.- Biogeochemistry, 23, 79-97.
Gundelwein, A (1998) Composition and decomposition of organic matter in permafrost affected soils of North
Siberia (in German). Dissertation Hamburg, Hamburger Bodenkundliche Arbeiten 39, 160p.
Harriss, R., K. Bartlett., S. Frolking. and P. Crill. (1993) Methane Emissions from Northern High-Latitude
Wetlands.- In: Biogeochemistry of global change: radiatively active trace gases, Oremland, R.S. (ed.),
Chapman and Hall, New York, 449-485.
Inoue, G., S. Maksyutov. and N. Panikov (1995) CO 2 and CH 4 -emission from wetlands in west Siberia.Proceedings of the Second Symposium on the Joint Siberian Permafrost Studies between Japan and Russia in
1993, Tsukuba/Japan, 37-43.
International Panel on Climate Change [IPCC] (1994): Radiative forcing of climate change,the 1994 report of
the scientific assessment working group of !PCC, WMO/UNEP, University Press, Cambridge.
Kotsyurbenko, O.R., AN. Nozhevnokova and G.AZavarzin (1993) Methanogenic degradation of organic matter
by anaerobic bacteria at low temperature.- Chemosphere 27 (9), 1745- 1761.
Kuivila, M., J.W. Murray, A.H. Devol. and P.C. Novelli (1989) Methane production, sulfate reduction, and
competition for substrates in the sediments of Lake Washington.- Geochim.Cosmochim.Acta 53, 25972599.
Lansdown, J.M., P.D. Quay. and S.L. King (1992) CH 4 -production via CO 2 -reduction in a temperate bog: A
source of l3C-depleted CH 4 .- Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 56,3493-3503.
McAulife C. (1971) GC determination of solutes by multiple phase equi1ibration.- Chem.Tech. I, 46-51.
Moore, T.R. and M. Dalva, M. (1993): The influence of temperature and water table position on carbon dioxide
and methane emissions from laboratory columns of peatland soils.- Journal of Soil Science, 44, 651-664.
Moore, T.R. and R. Knowles. (1989) The influence of water levels on methane and carbon dioxide emissions
from peatland soils.- Canadian Journal of Soil Science 69, 33-38.
Moore, T.R. and N.T. Roulet (1993) Methane Flux: water table relations in northern wetlands.-Geophysical
Research Letter 20 (7), 587-590.
Morrisey, L.A. and G.P. Livingstone (1992) Methane emission from Arctic tundra: An assessment of local
spatial variability.- J. Geophys. Res. 97, 16.661-16.670.
Nakayama, T. (l995a) Estimation of Methane Emission from Natural Wetlands in Siberian
Permafrost Area.- Dissertation Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University.
Nakayama, T. (1995b): Estimation of methane emission from Siberian tundra wetlands. Proceedings of the Third
Symposium on the Joint Siberian Permafrost Studies between Japan and Russia in 1994, i-word, Sapporo,
31-36.
Pfeiffer, E.-M., A. Gundelwein, T. Nathen, H. Becker and G. Guggenberger (1996) Characterization of the
Organic Matter in Permafrost Soils and Sediments of theTaymyr Peninsula/Siberia and Severnaya
Zemlya/Arctic Region.- Bereichte zur Polarforschung 211, 46-83.
Reeburgh, W.S. (1983) Rates of biogeochemical processes in anoxic sediments. Am.Rev. Earth.Planet.Sci. II,
269-298.
Rivkina, Y.E., V.A. Samarkin. and D.A. Gilichinsky (1993) Methane and permafrost soil of the KolymaIndigirka lowland. Eurasian Soil Science 25, 50-53.