![]() ![]() Additionally, neither metrics of microbial abundance nor preexisting organic matter availability explained meaningful variation in the response. Specifically, the diversity and richness of the non-methanogen community was most predictive of sediment CH 4 responses to organic matter additions. We manipulated the incubations with additions of dried algal biomass and show that variation in the response of CH 4 production to changes in organic matter supply is significantly correlated with metrics of sediment microbial community composition. We sampled the 22 lakes across a gradient of pH in order to investigate lakes with variable sediment microbial communities. Here, we conducted sediment incubation experiments across 22 lakes to determine whether variation in sediment microbial community composition is related to the response of sediment CH 4 production to increases in organic matter. However, the magnitude of the response of CH 4 production varies across lakes, and recent studies suggest a role for the microbial community in mediating this response. ![]() Sediment methane (CH 4) production has been shown to be substantially elevated by increased lake primary productivity and organic matter supply. However, microbial community composition is variable across lakes, and it is still uncertain how variation in community composition influences sediment responses to environmental change. Lake sediment microbial communities mediate carbon diagenesis. 2Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States.1Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, United States.Bertolet 1,2*, Cristian Koepfli 1 and Stuart E.
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