Fig. 3: Contribution of heterotrophy (Het., in rose) and methanotrophy (Met., in green) to the whole water column microbial carbon consumption (volume weighted rates) during summer in each studied lake.
From: The role of methanotrophy in the microbial carbon metabolism of temperate lakes
Each dot represents the fraction of C consumed by heterotrophy or methanotrophy calculated using a profile taken at a different sampling date (Triton: n = 6, en Coeur: n = 5, Morency: n = 6, Croche: n = 16, Cromwell: n = 4, Geai: n = 13). Boxplots show median, first and third quartiles (hinges), and 1.5 x interquartile range (whiskers). Lakes are plotted in order of increasing proportion of water column volume with CH4:O2 molar ratio > 0.6.
