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      Influência de características físico-químicas da água no transporte de metano para a atmosfera na Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, RJ Translated title: Influence of physicochemical water characteristics in the transport of methane to the atmosphere at Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon, RJ

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          O acúmulo e a decomposição de matéria orgânica em corpos d'água pode incrementar o potencial de emissão de gases de efeito estufa à atmosfera. Neste trabalho, de modo prospectivo e exploratório, foi avaliada a relação entre características físico-químicas da água e o transporte de metano para a atmosfera na Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, RJ, em dias típicos de verão fluminense. Em campanhas realizadas em 2011, foram coletadas 200 amostras para análise da emissão superficial do metano e 30 amostras de água para se verificar a dissolução do gás na coluna d'água, medindo simultaneamente os parâmetros físico-químicos ao longo desta coluna. As medidas de fluxo de metano evidenciaram que a Lagoa é fonte emissora do gás para a atmosfera, com fluxo médio de 33 ± 10 mgCH4m-2d-1. Na avaliação de como alguns parâmetros limnológicos poderiam influenciar as emissões, observou-se que a altura da lâmina d'água e a temperatura foram os fatores de maior influência nesse processo. A análise do perfil de metano na coluna d'água sugere a existência de uma maior concentração do gás na região dos estratos sedimentares do fundo da lagoa. No entanto, esse metano não chega à superfície, possivelmente, devido à diminuição da taxa de difusão vertical do metano em função do aumento da pressão com a profundidade e também devido à presença de bactérias metanotróficas, que consomem o metano ao longo da coluna d'água.

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          The accumulation and decomposition of organic matter in water bodies can increase the potential emission of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. In this study, in a prospective and exploratory way, we evaluated the relationship between physicochemical characteristics of water on the transport of methane to the atmosphere at Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon, RJ. In 2011, campaigns were carried out in which 200 samples were collected for analysis of superficial methane emission and 30 water samples were collected to verify the dissolution of this gas in the water column, measuring simultaneously both the physicochemical water parameters along this column. The methane flow measurements showed that this lagoon is a source methane emission to the atmosphere with an average flux of 33 ± 10 mgCH4m-2d-1. The evaluation of limnological parameters that could affect the emission flux revealed that the water depth and temperature were the most influential factors in this process. A profile analysis of methane in the water column suggests the existence of a higher concentration of this gas in the region of the sedimentary strata at the bottom of the lagoon. However, the potential emission may not reach the surface, possibly due to the decrease in the rate of vertical diffusion of methane, as a result of the increase of pressure with depth and the presence of methanotrophic bacterias that consume methane throughout the water column.

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                ambiagua
                Revista Ambiente & Água
                Rev. Ambient. Água
                Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais em Bacias Hidrográficas (Taubaté )
                1980-993X
                December 2012
                : 7
                : 3
                : 99-112
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais Brazil
                [2 ] Universidade de Taubaté Brazil
                [3 ] Observatório Nacional Brazil
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                S1980-993X2012000300009
                10.4136/ambi-agua.972
                fc5bc332-3afe-4306-b519-8eb813a58bbe

                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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                ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL

                Environmental engineering
                Greenhouse effect,trace gases,limnology,Efeito estufa,gases traços,limnologia

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