Articles | Volume 15, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-3311-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-3311-2018
Research article
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04 Jun 2018
Research article |  | 04 Jun 2018

Methane-oxidizing seawater microbial communities from an Arctic shelf

Christiane Uhlig, John B. Kirkpatrick, Steven D'Hondt, and Brice Loose

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (23 Jan 2018) by Helge Niemann
AR by Christiane Uhlig on behalf of the Authors (14 Mar 2018)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (15 Mar 2018) by Helge Niemann
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (29 Mar 2018)
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (02 Apr 2018)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (05 Apr 2018) by Helge Niemann
AR by Christiane Uhlig on behalf of the Authors (13 Apr 2018)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (30 Apr 2018) by Helge Niemann
AR by Christiane Uhlig on behalf of the Authors (09 May 2018)  Manuscript 
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To improve global budgets of the greenhouse gas methane, we studied methane consumption in sea-ice-covered Arctic seawater. The microbes using methane were present in abundances < 1 % in the seawater and sea ice. They consumed methane at rates increasing with increasing methane concentrations. In addition, differences in the methane concentrations and in the types of microbes between the ice and water indicate different microbial or physical processes in the two environments.
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