Abstract
Kang, J.; Koo, B.J.; Jeong, K.-S.; Woo, H.J.; Seo, J.; Seo, H.-S.; Kim, M.-S., and Kwon, K., 2018. Insights into macroinvertebrate burrowing activity and methane flux in tidal flats. In: Shim, J.-S.; Chun, I., and Lim, H.S. (eds.), Proceedings from the International Coastal Symposium (ICS) 2018 (Busan, Republic of Korea). Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 85, pp. 681–685. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208.The CH4 flux was examined preliminarily in tidal flats using a circular closed-chamber method to understand the effects of macroinvertebrate burrowing activity. The chamber was deployed over decapods (mud shrimp, Laomedia astacina and crab, Macrophthalmus japonicus) burrows for ~ 2 h, and the CH4 and CO2 concentrations were continuously monitored using a closed, diffuse CH4/CO2 flux meter. It founds that Laomedia astacina burrow (which is relatively long) site afforded higher-level CH4 production, likely due to diffusive emission of CH4 in deep-layer sediments. In addition, the proposed CH4-oxidation process (i.e., reverse methanogenesis) was supported by the decrease in the δ13C of headspace CO2 during the chamber experiment. Therefore, macroinvertebrate burrows appear to be an important ecosystem environment for controlling atmospheric CH4 over tidal flats.
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