Diverse sediment microbiota shape methane emission temperature sensitivity in Arctic lakes

Joanne B. Emerson; Ruth K. Varner; Martin Wik; Donovan H. Parks; Rebecca B. Neumann; Joel E. Johnson; Caitlin M. Singleton; Ben J. Woodcroft; Rodney Tollerson; Akosua Owusu-Dommey; Morgan Binder; Nancy L. Freitas; Patrick M. Crill; Scott R. Saleska; Gene W. Tyson; Virginia I. Rich

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-25983-9

Diverse sediment microbiota shape methane emission temperature sensitivity in Arctic lakes

Joanne B. Emerson, Ruth K. Varner, Martin Wik, Donovan H. Parks, Rebecca B. Neumann, Joel E. Johnson, Caitlin M. Singleton, Ben J. Woodcroft, Rodney Tollerson, Akosua Owusu-Dommey, Morgan Binder, Nancy L. Freitas, Patrick M. Crill, Scott R. Saleska, Gene W. Tyson, Virginia I. Rich

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Northern post-glacial lakes are significant, increasing sources of atmospheric carbon through ebullition (bubbling) of microbially-produced methane (CH₄) from sediments. Ebullitive CH₄ flux correlates strongly with temperature, reflecting that solar radiation drives emissions. However, here we show that the slope of the temperature-CH₄ flux relationship differs spatially across two post-glacial lakes in Sweden. We compared these CH₄ emission patterns with sediment microbial (metagenomic and amplicon), isotopic, and geochemical data. The temperature-associated increase in CH₄ emissions was greater in lake middles—where methanogens were more abundant—than edges, and sediment communities were distinct between edges and middles. Microbial abundances, including those of CH₄-cycling microorganisms and syntrophs, were predictive of porewater CH₄ concentrations. Results suggest that deeper lake regions, which currently emit less CH₄ than shallower edges, could add substantially to CH₄ emissions in a warmer Arctic and that CH₄ emission predictions may be improved by accounting for spatial variations in sediment microbiota.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	5815
Journal	Nature communications
Volume	12
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25983-9
State	Published - Dec 1 2021

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Emerson, J. B., Varner, R. K., Wik, M., Parks, D. H., Neumann, R. B., Johnson, J. E., Singleton, C. M., Woodcroft, B. J., Tollerson, R., Owusu-Dommey, A., Binder, M., Freitas, N. L., Crill, P. M., Saleska, S. R., Tyson, G. W., & Rich, V. I. (2021). Diverse sediment microbiota shape methane emission temperature sensitivity in Arctic lakes. Nature communications, 12(1), [5815]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25983-9

Emerson, JB, Varner, RK, Wik, M, Parks, DH, Neumann, RB, Johnson, JE, Singleton, CM, Woodcroft, BJ, Tollerson, R, Owusu-Dommey, A, Binder, M, Freitas, NL, Crill, PM, Saleska, SR, Tyson, GW & Rich, VI 2021, 'Diverse sediment microbiota shape methane emission temperature sensitivity in Arctic lakes', Nature communications, vol. 12, no. 1, 5815. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25983-9

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