Publication Date:
2020-09-29
Description:
Methane enrichments are frequently observed in the oxic upper water column of the central Baltic Sea during summer months. However, methane sources as well as the fate of methane produced in surface near waters still remain unclear. In the present study, we conducted ship-based grazing experiments to examine the presence of methanogenic archaea in copepod faecal pellets. We quantified bacterial and archaeal 16S rRNA and the mcrA gene and transcripts within copepod faecal pellets by using droplet digital polymerase chain reaction. We showed that the pellets (
Print ISSN:
0025-3162
Electronic ISSN:
1432-1793
Topics:
Biology
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