Articles | Volume 17, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-3223-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-3223-2020
Research article
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26 Jun 2020
Research article |  | 26 Jun 2020

Dissolved CH4 coupled to photosynthetic picoeukaryotes in oxic waters and to cumulative chlorophyll a in anoxic waters of reservoirs

Elizabeth León-Palmero, Alba Contreras-Ruiz, Ana Sierra, Rafael Morales-Baquero, and Isabel Reche

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (08 Apr 2020) by Carolin Löscher
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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (16 Apr 2020) by Carolin Löscher

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AA by Isabel Reche on behalf of the Authors (28 May 2020)   Author's adjustment   Manuscript
EA: Adjustments approved (03 Jun 2020) by Carolin Löscher
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Short summary
CH4 emissions from reservoirs are responsible for the majority of the climatic forcing of these ecosystems. The origin of the recurrent CH4 supersaturation in oxic waters is still controversial. We found that the dissolved CH4 concentration varied by up to 4 orders of magnitude in the water column of 12 reservoirs and was consistently supersaturated. Our findings suggest that photosynthetic picoeukaryotes can play a significant role in determining CH4 concentration in oxic waters.
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