Methanogenic Activity of Woody Debris

V. A. Mukhin^a and P. Yu. Voronin^b

^aInstitute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Division, Russian Academy of Sciences,

ul. Vos’mogo Marta 202, Yekaterinburg, 620144 Russia;

e-mail: victor.mukhin@ipae.uran.ru

^bTimiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences,

Botanicheskaya ul. 35, Moscow, 127276 Russia;

e-mail: pavel@ippras.ru

Received February 29, 2008

Abstract—The paper is devoted to the phenomenon of methanogenic activity of woody debris, i.e., methane
production in the course of wood decomposition by fungi, which are not directly involved in methane synthesis
but form an initial link in the trophic chain leading to methanogenic archaea. Expert evaluation of probable
amounts of methane emission is made. The results show that woody debris is an important global source of this
greenhouse gas.

DOI: 10.1134/S1067413609030011

Key words: carbon cycle, polypore fungi, woody debris, methane emission.

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