The Source of Hydrogen Sulfide in Anoxic Sediment
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-Putrefactive hydrogen sulfide production in the upper 4 cm of sediment in two small freshwater and eutrophic Southeast Michigan, U.S.A., lakes ranged from 0.13 to 1.51 with an average of 0.46 mg S l-~ day-~. Sulfate reductive production of hydrogen sulfide at the same sites ranged from 0.7 to 3.2 with an average of 1.54 mg S 1~ dayt. Putrefactive hydrogen sulfide production represented 5.1-53°~, (average of 18.3-27.6°o) of the total hydrogen sulfide produced at the two lakes over an April-October study period. 3~S labeled substrates were used to estimate hydrogen sulfide production rates. Proteolytic bacteria averaged 2.2 x 10 ~ cells ml-~ sediment whereas sulfate reducers averaged 4.8 x 10: cells ml -~ sediment. Putrefactive hydrogen sulfide production correlated highly with numbers of proteolytic bacteria (r" = 0.84) but the correlation between sulfate reduction and sulfate reducing bacteria was low (r-" =0.13). Interstitial soluble inorganic sulfate, protein and organic carbon were not closely correlated with hydrogen sulfide production rates or bacteria enumeration results. Natural substrate concentrations (S,) used to estimate hydrogen sulfide production were supported by kinetic bioassay results. Key words--hydrogen sulfide, source, sediment, anoxic, putrefaction, sulfate reduction, bacteria
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