Abstract

Methane consumption was measured in forest soils of Poland in areas of high regional air pollution (SO 2 loads) and compared to the activity in areas of low air pollution loads. The areas include the regions with the highest input of SO 2 found in Europe and cover a range of average acid deposition up to a factor of 10. No distinct pattern of methane oxidation activities was identified that could be related to present or previous SO 2 loads. Methane consumption activity ranged between 16 and 110 μg CH 4 m −2 h −1 similar to the activity encountered in previous studies of forested areas.

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