@article {2883, title = {Clumped Isotopes Link Older Carbon Substrates With Slower Rates of Methanogenesis in Northern Lakes}, journal = {Geophysical Research Letters}, volume = {47}, year = {2020}, month = {Apr-03-2022}, abstract = {The release of long-stored carbon from thawed permafrost could fuel increased methanogenesis in northern lakes, but it remains unclear whether old carbon substrates released from permafrost are metabolized as rapidly by methanogenic microbial communities as recently produced organic carbon. Here, we apply methane (CH4) clumped isotope (Δ18) and 14C measurements to test whether rates of methanogenesis are related to carbon substrate age. Results from culture experiments indicate that Δ18 values are negatively correlated with CH4 production rate. Measurements of ebullition samples from thermokarst lakes in Alaska and glacial lakes in Sweden indicate strong negative correlations between CH4 Δ18 and the fraction modern carbon. These correlations imply that CH4 derived from older carbon substrates is produced relatively slowly. Relative rates of methanogenesis, as inferred from Δ18 values, are not positively correlated with CH4 flux estimates, highlighting the likely importance of environmental variables other than CH4 production rates in controlling ebullition fluxes.}, keywords = {clumped isotopes, ebullition flux, lakes, methane, permafrost, radiocarbon}, issn = {0094-8276}, doi = {10.1029/2019GL086756}, url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2019GL086756}, author = {Douglas, Peter M. J. and Gonzalez Moguel, Regina and Walter Anthony, Katey M. and Wik, Martin and Crill, Patrick M. and Dawson, Katherine S. and Smith, Derek A. and Yanay, Ella and Lloyd, Max K. and Stolper, Daniel A. and Eiler, John M. and Sessions, Alex L.} } @article {199, title = {D/H variation in terrestrial lipids from Santa Barbara Basin over the past 1400 years: A preliminary assessment of paleoclimatic relevance RID C-2752-2008}, journal = {Organic Geochemistry}, volume = {42}, year = {2011}, note = {id: 2050; PT: J; UT: WOS:000286995900002}, pages = {15-24}, abstract = {We analyzed D/H ratios of common terrestrial leaf wax lipids in a 1400 year sediment core from the Santa Barbara Basin (SBB) to test whether they accurately record terrestrial climate in Southern California. The D/H ratios of long chain n-alkanes vary substantially with depth, but are poorly correlated with other terrestrial climate proxies. Interference from fossil hydrocarbons may be at least partly responsible. Long chain n-alkanoic acids exhibit nearly constant downcore D/H ratio values. This constancy in the face of known climatic shifts presumably reflects a substantial residence time for leaf wax compounds in terrestrial soil and/or on the basin flanks. Alternatively, the isotopic composition of meteoric waters in Southern California may not covary with climate, particularly aridity. However, the delta D values of n-C(22) and n-C(24) fatty acids, commonly attributed to terrestrial aquatic sources, are partially correlated with Southern California winter Palmer Drought Severity Index, a tree ring-based climatic proxy (R(2) 0.25; p}, issn = {0146-6380}, doi = {10.1016/j.orggeochem.2010.09.011}, author = {Li, Chao and Sessions, Alex L. and Valentine, David L. and Thiagarajan, Nivedita} } @article {2031, title = {Phylogenetically specific spearation of rRNA from prokaryotes for isotopic analysis}, journal = {Marine Chemistry}, volume = {92}, year = {2004}, note = {id: 1805}, month = {2004}, pages = {295-306}, author = {Pearson, Ann and Sessions, Alex L. and Edwards, Katrina J. and Hayes, John M.} }