Methane produced at the bottom of our lakes provides
nutrition for microorganisms and eventually becomes an indirect food source for
fish. These findings were presented in a one of a kind study that contradicts
previous perceptions of lakebed sediment methane stores being lost in the food
chain.
Methane is an organic carbon compound containing the
fundamental building block of nearly all living material: carbon. It provides
an important source of energy and nutrients for bacteria. Methane is produced
in oxygen-free environments and is found in abundance at the bottom of lakes.