Abstract
The top 5-50 cm of a peat deposit above the water table are predominantly oxic while below that the peat is anoxic. The concentrations of CH
4
and CO
2
in the peat below 50 cm do not change with the seasons. The concentrations are greatest at or near the base of the peat and decrease quadratically upwards, consistent with a gas production rate (CH
4
+ CO
2
) of 0.03 μ mol cm
-3
a
-1
and movement by diffusion. The upward efflux of CH
4
, calculated from the concentration profile in deep peat, is 1, and of CO
2
is 17 μ mol m
-2
h
-1
. Just below the water table there is a small peak in CH
4
concentration. The peak concentrations are greater in summer than in winter. This indicates a second, seasonal and local, but not yet quantified source of CH
4
. Effluxes of CH
4
from the peatland surface range from ordinary summer maxima of about 200 down to winter values less than 10 μ mol m
-2
h
-1
, and at times negative values. The efflux from hummocks is usually about a third of that from hollows. These results indicate that methane oxidation may be important in hummocks.
Subject
Pharmacology (medical),Complementary and alternative medicine,Pharmaceutical Science
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