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Carbon sources of benthic fauna in temperate lakes across multiple trophic states
Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics (IBP), ETH
Zurich, Universitätstrasse 16, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Eva Anthamatten
Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics (IBP), ETH
Zurich, Universitätstrasse 16, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Longhui Deng
Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics (IBP), ETH
Zurich, Universitätstrasse 16, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Xingguo Han
Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics (IBP), ETH
Zurich, Universitätstrasse 16, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Lorenzo Lagostina
Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics (IBP), ETH
Zurich, Universitätstrasse 16, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Anja Michel
Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics (IBP), ETH
Zurich, Universitätstrasse 16, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Rong Zhu
Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics (IBP), ETH
Zurich, Universitätstrasse 16, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Nathalie Dubois
Department Surface Waters – Research and Management, Eawag, Swiss Federal
Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 133, 8600
Dübendorf, Switzerland
Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zurich, Sonneggstrasse 5, 8092
Zurich, Switzerland
Carsten J. Schubert
Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics (IBP), ETH
Zurich, Universitätstrasse 16, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Department of Surface Waters – Research and Management, Swiss
Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG), Seestrasse 79,
6047 Kastanienbaum, Switzerland
Stefano M. Bernasconi
Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zurich, Sonneggstrasse 5, 8092
Zurich, Switzerland
Mark A. Lever
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics (IBP), ETH
Zurich, Universitätstrasse 16, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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Microbially produced methane can serve as a carbon source for freshwater macrofauna most likely through grazing on methane-oxidizing bacteria. This study investigates the contributions of different carbon sources to macrofaunal biomass. Our data suggest that the average contribution of methane-derived carbon is similar between different fauna but overall remains low. This is further supported by the low abundance of methane-cycling microorganisms.
Microbially produced methane can serve as a carbon source for freshwater macrofauna most likely...
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