Articles | Volume 13, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-3163-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-3163-2016
Research article
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01 Jun 2016
Research article |  | 01 Jun 2016

Evidence for methane production by the marine algae Emiliania huxleyi

Katharina Lenhart, Thomas Klintzsch, Gerald Langer, Gernot Nehrke, Michael Bunge, Sylvia Schnell, and Frank Keppler

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (02 Apr 2016) by Gerhard Herndl
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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (06 May 2016) by Gerhard Herndl
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In this study we investigated marine algae as a source of CH4 in oxic surface waters of oceans. Algae-derived CH4 may explain the CH4 oversaturating state within the surface mixed layer, sometimes also termed the "oceanic methane paradox". This finding of an overlooked source of CH4 in marine environments will be of considerable importance to scientists in many disciplines because algae play a crucial role in organic matter cycling in marine and freshwater ecosystems.
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