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• 1. [Article] Anaerobic metabolism in Lake Washington sediments

  A method of measuring the dehydrogenase activity of sediments at lOC was calibrated by direct microcalorimetry at the same temperature. Field measurements of dehydrogenase activity of sediments in Lake ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Anaerobic metabolism in Lake Washington sediments Author: Bhagwat, Ashok M., Pamatmat, Mario Macalalag, U.S. International Biological Program. Coniferous Forest Biome A method of measuring the dehydrogenase activity of sediments at lOC was calibrated by direct microcalorimetry at the same temperature. Field measurements of dehydrogenase activity of sediments in Lake Washington were converted to rates of metabolic heat release by means of the significant regression of dehydrogenase activity on metabolic heat release. Simultaneous field measurements at IOC of oxygen uptake by undistrubed sediment cores were coverted to rates of metabolic heat release by the factor 4.8 cal liberated per milliliter of oxygen consumed. Dehydrogenase activity varies from place to place and differs between layers of the same core. Although there is a general trend of decreasing activity with sediment depth, some subsurface layers have relatively high activity. Dehydrogenase activity, which was detected down to the deepest layers of the sediment cores, 21 to 31 cm, appears to be more a function of plankton remains than of total organic carbon in the sediment. The integrated metabolic heat release based on dehydrogenase activity of the entire core was invariably greater than the metabolic heat release calculated from the rates of oxygen uptake. Thus, it appears that the rate of total oxygen uptake by the sediment surface underestimates benthic community metabolism in the sediment column. Title: Anaerobic metabolism in Lake Washington sediments Author: Bhagwat, Ashok M., Pamatmat, Mario Macalalag, U.S. International Biological Program. Coniferous Forest Biome A method of measuring the dehydrogenase activity of sediments at lOC was calibrated by direct microcalorimetry at the same temperature. Field measurements of dehydrogenase activity of sediments in Lake Washington were converted to rates of metabolic heat release by means of the significant regression of dehydrogenase activity on metabolic heat release. Simultaneous field measurements at IOC of oxygen uptake by undistrubed sediment cores were coverted to rates of metabolic heat release by the factor 4.8 cal liberated per milliliter of oxygen consumed. Dehydrogenase activity varies from place to place and differs between layers of the same core. Although there is a general trend of decreasing activity with sediment depth, some subsurface layers have relatively high activity. Dehydrogenase activity, which was detected down to the deepest layers of the sediment cores, 21 to 31 cm, appears to be more a function of plankton remains than of total organic carbon in the sediment. The integrated metabolic heat release based on dehydrogenase activity of the entire core was invariably greater than the metabolic heat release calculated from the rates of oxygen uptake. Thus, it appears that the rate of total oxygen uptake by the sediment surface underestimates benthic community metabolism in the sediment column. Close