TABLE 1.
Methane oxidation kinetic parameters of soil samples
| Soil sample | Methane oxidation kinetic parametersa |
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|---|---|---|---|
| vatm (pmol g [dry wt] of soil−1 h−1)b | Km(app) (ppm) | vmax(app) (pmol g [dry wt] of soil−1 h−1) | |
| Forest sites | |||
| Natural forest | 0.03 ± 0.5 | 89.5 ± 17.8 | 1.8 ± 0.01 |
| Afforested | 0.03 ± 0.3 | 260.0 ± 42.9 | 5.9 ± 0.04 |
| Farmland sites | |||
| Organic farming | ND | — | 81.0 ± 0.52 |
| Conventional farming | ND | — | 53.0 ± 0.31 |
a
Errors shown are standard errors of the means. ND, not detectable, —, not measured.
b
vatm, velocity at 1.75 ppmv methane mixing ratio.