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Titre :	The Impact of Sediment and Carbon Fluxes on the Biogeochemistry of Methane and Sulfur in Littoral Baltic Sea Sediments (Himmerfjarden, Sweden)
Auteurs :	Nguyen Manh Thang, Auteur ; Volker Bruechert, Auteur ; Michael Formolo, Auteur ; Gunter Wegener, Auteur ; Livija Ginters, Auteur ; Bo Barker Jorgensen, Auteur ; Timothy G. Ferdelman, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Estuaries and Coasts (36(1) JAN 2013)
Article en page(s) :	98-115
Résumé :	Three sediment stations in Himmerfjarden estuary (Baltic Sea, Sweden) were sampled in May 2009 and June 2010 to test how low salinity (5-7 aEuro degrees), high primary productivity partially induced by nutrient input from an upstream waste water treatment plant, and high overall sedimentation rates impact the sedimentary cycling of methane and sulfur. Rates of sediment accumulation determined using (210)Pb(excess) and (137)Cs were very high (0.65-0.95 cm year(-1)), as were the corresponding rates of organic matter accumulation (8.9-9.5 mol C m(-2) year(-1)) at all three sites. Dissolved sulfate penetrated 2 mmol L(-1) below the sulfate-methane transition. A steep gradient of methane through the entire sulfate zone led to upward (diffusive and bio-irrigative) fluxes of 0.32 to 0.78 mol m(-2) year(-1) methane to the sediment-water interface. Areal rates of sulfate reduction (1.46-1.92 mol m(-2) year(-1)) integrated over the upper 0-14 cm of sediment appeared to be limited by the restricted diffusive supply of sulfate, low bio-irrigation (alpha = 2.8-3.1 year(-1)), and limited residence time of the sedimentary organic carbon in the sulfate zone. A large fraction of reduced sulfur as pyrite and organic-bound sulfur was buried and thus escaped reoxidation in the surface sediment. The presence of ferrous iron in the pore water (with concentrations up to 110 mu M) suggests that iron reduction plays an important role in surface sediments, as well as in sediment layers deep below the sulfate-methane transition. We conclude that high rates of sediment accumulation and shallow sulfate penetration are the master variables for biogeochemistry of methane and sulfur cycling; in particular, they may significantly allow for release of methane into the water column in the Himmerfjarden estuary.

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